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Gordian III and Tranquillina Tyche Coin Type: Bronze AE33 of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Singara in Mesopotamia, 238-244 CE.
Size and Weight: 33mm, 14.6g
Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina L, draped and wearing stephane.
AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB
Reverse: Tyche seated left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming left below.
AVR CEΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA
Provenance: Mixed lot, eBay
Ref: BMC Mesopotamia pg. 135, 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627
BW Ref: 009 026 023
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