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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Crisis & Decline| ▸ |Tranquillina||View Options:   | | | Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus and was married to Gordian III in May 241 A.D. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her immense popularity with both the general population and the soldiery. The imperial coinage of Tranquillina is very rare. Provincial coinage of Tranquillina is not as scarce. |
Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria today) was possibly founded in the 5th or 4th century B.C. as a colony of Apollonia. It is mentioned in Strabo's Geographica as a small town. It was briefly captured by Messembria in the 2nd century B.C., but retaken by Apollonia and its fortified walls destroyed. The western Black Sea coast was conquered by the Romans under Marcus Licinius Crassus in 29 - 28 B.C. after continuous campaigns in the area since 72 - 71. The city became part of the Roman province of Thrace and was formally proclaimed a city under Trajan. Anchialos prospered as the most important import and export location in Thrace during the 2nd and 3rd centuries and acquired the appearance of a Roman city during the Severan Dynasty. SH57019. Bronze AE 26, Varbanov 728, AMNG II 680, cf. Moushmov 2965, Price-Trell -, SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, VF, weight 12.117 g, maximum diameter 26.1 mm, die axis 180o, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ TPANKYΛ/ΛINANT, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXI/AΛEΩN, tetrastyle temple containing statue of Apollo standing facing, right arm raised over head, holding lyre in left and resting elbow on tripod, pellet in pediment; ex Stack's Coin Galleries auction April 2010, lot 218, ex Cornelius C. Vermeule collection; very rare; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Deultum, Thrace
Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus and was married to Gordian III in May 241 A.D. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her immense popularity with both the general population and the soldiery. The imperial coinage of Tranquillina is very rare. Provincial coinage of Tranquillina is more available.RP38142. Bronze AE 25, Jurukova Deultum 394, Varbanov II 2933, VF, attractive green patina, weight 9.336 g, maximum diameter 25.0 mm, die axis 0o, Deultum (Debelt, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right; reverse COL FL PAC DEVLT, Minerva leaning left, looking right, in left raised shield, with right throwing spear; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Istros, Moesia Inferior
RP54121. Bronze pentassarion, Varbanov I 688, AMNG I/I 525 var. (obv. legend), aVF, weight 12.676 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 0o, Istros (near Istria, Romania) mint, 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse AVT K M ANTΩ ΓOPΔIANOC CAB TRANKVΛINA, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse IC-TP-IH,NΩN, bearded god (Mithras?) riding right on horseback, kalathos on head, eagle perched on long torch behind, altar below horse's raised right hoof, E (mark of value) right; scarce (Varbanov R6); SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Cius, Bithynia
Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful praetorian prefect Timisitheus. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her popularity with the general population and the soldiers.
Cius was an ancient Greek city bordering the Propontis, now known as the Sea of Marmara, in Bithynia and in Mysia in modern northwestern Turkey, and had a long history, being mentioned by Herodotus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Strabo and Apollonius Rhodius.RP113724. Bronze AE 23, RPC Online VII.2 1880; Rec Gén I.2 111, pl. LIII, 4; BMC Pontus p. 135, 46; SNG Cop 397; SNG Hunter 1069; SNG Verona 1352; SNGvA -, VF, obv. well centered, rev. off center, dark tone with brassy high points, porous/grainy, central dimples, weight 6.976 g, maximum diameter 23.3 mm, die axis 180o, Bithynia, Cius (near Gemlik, Turkey) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CABEI TPANKYΛΛEINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse KIANΩN, two goats rearing facing one another, amphora between them; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM; rare; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Tarsos, Cilicia
Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful praetorian prefect Timisitheus. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her popularity with the general population and the soldiers.
Sandan was a Hittite-Babylonian sun, storm, or warrior god, also perhaps associated with agriculture. The Greeks equated Sandan with Herakles (Hercules). At Tarsus an annual festival honored Sandan-Herakles, which climaxed when an image of the god was burned on a funeral pyre.
The inscription A M K Γ B is a boast of Tarsos meaning, "First (A is the Greek 1), Greatest (Mεγιστη), and Most Beautiful (Kαλλιστη) city of the three (Γ is the Greek 3) adjoining provinces (Cilicia, Isauria, Lycaonia), and holder of two (B is the Greek 2) neokorie (temples dedicated to the imperial cult)."RP21804. Bronze AE 31, RPC Online VII.2 U3452; BMC Lycaonia p. 221, 293; SNG BnF 1727; SNGvA 6057; SNG Leypold 2691; SNG Pfalz 1422; SNG Delepierre 1728; SNG Hunt 2346, aVF, weight 11.085 g, maximum diameter 30.5 mm, die axis 180o, Tarsos (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CABEINIAN TPANKVIΛΛEINAN CEB, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛEΩC, pyramidal pyre of Sandan, Sandan within standing left on the back of a horned lion standing left, pyre surmounted by an eagle, B / Γ inner left, A / M / K inner right, the pyre and inscriptions covered by an arching canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian caps; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Deultum, Thrace
Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus and was married to Gordian III in May 241 A.D. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her immense popularity with both the general population and the soldiery. The imperial coinage of Tranquillina is very rare. Provincial coinage of Tranquillina is more available.RP79970. Bronze AE 24, Jurukova Deultum 414; SNG Deultum 1526 (O148/R67); Draganov Deultum 1527a (O148/R67); Varbanov II 2957 (R4); Moushmov 3744; MPR II - 4 2083, aVF, well centered, some corrosion, cleaning scratches, weight 7.108 g, maximum diameter 23.7 mm, die axis 0o, Deultum (Debelt, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, elaborate hairstyle with hair in ridges, and in plait looped below her ear and then up the back of her head; reverse COL FL PA-C, DEVLT (starting above, ending in exergue), she-wolf standing right, head turned back left, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Wife of Gordian III, Etenna, Pamphylia Prima
Etenna was a city in the late Roman province of Pamphylia Prima. Centuries earlier, it was considered within Pisidia, as by Polybius, who wrote that in 218 B.C. the people of Etenna "who live in the highlands of Pisidia above Side" provided 8000 hoplites to assist the Seleucid usurper Achaeus. There is no other mention of Etenna until the record of the participation of bishops of Etenna in the ecumenical councils of the 4th century A.D. However, there are examples of its fine silver coinage of the 4th and 3rd century B.C. and of its bronze coins from the 1st century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D. Etenna has been identified with the rather nondescript ruins on a steep hill 250-500 meters north of the modern village of Sirt, north of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey. They have not been systematically excavated, but include remains of city walls, a roofed reservoir, baths, two basilicas, a church and rock tombs.RP88903. Bronze AE 32, vA Pisidiens 633 - 635 (same dies, 4 spec.), SNG BnF 1551, SNG Cop -, BMC Lycia -, RPC Online -, Lindgren -, F, countermark obverse lower right, porous, central depressions, weight 15.918 g, maximum diameter 32.3 mm, die axis 0o, Etenna (Sirt, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA C, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse ETENNEΩN, Tyche seated left on rocks, kalathos on head, stalks of grain downward in right hand; only one sale recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Nisibis, Mesopotamia
In 242 A.D., Gordian III, along with his praetorian prefect and father-in-law Timesitheus, began a campaign against the Sasanian king, Shahpur I. After freeing Syria, a decisive battle secured all of Mesopotamia, including Singara and Nisibis. But after Timesitheus died in 243 the Roman advance stalled and they suffered a major defeat. In February 244, Gordian died and Philip was proclaimed emperor. Philip negotiated a truce in order to return to Rome for his Senate confirmation.RP83076. Bronze AE 33, SNG Hunterian 2445, BMC Arabia -, SNG Cop -, Lindgren -, aVF, weight 22.891 g, maximum diameter 33.1 mm, die axis 180o, Nisibis (Nusaybin, Turkey) mint, 242 - 25 Feb 244; obverse AVTOK K M AN ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINAN CEB (or similar), confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse CEΠ KOΛO NECIBI MHTP, turreted and veiled head of Tyche right, flanked by stars, ram (Aries) leaping right above; double struck, very big bronze; very rare; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Anchialos, Thrace, Brockage
A brockage occurs when a blank is struck with a previously struck coin which adhered to the opposite die. Click here to read a detailed explanation.RP60019. Bronze AE 28, VF, weight 12.110 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CAB TPANKYΛΛINA, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse incuse of obverse; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Mesembria, Thrace
Mesembria (Mesambria) was a Doric settlement on an island at the Black Sea coast. Today a man-made isthmus connects it to the mainland. The modern name is Nesebar, an important seaside resort. Several ancient churches and ruins are preserved on the peninsula.GB63942. Bronze AE 27, Varbanov II 4195, SNG Cop 662, Moushmov 4009, BMC Thrace -, VF, nice green patina, weight 10.968 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 180o, Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CEB TPANKYΛΛINA (AYΓ ligate), confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse MECAMBPIANΩN, Hermes standing left, wearing petasus, purse in right, caduceus in left; SOLD
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