Tetrassarion - Gordian III and Tranquillina OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛEΩN
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Features
| Issuer |
Anchialus
(Thracia)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus) (238-244)
|
| Empress |
Tranquillina (Furia Sabina Tranquillina) (241-244)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 241-244 |
| Value | Tetrassarion (0.4) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 14.69 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 310242 |
| References | Moush'12# 2948 Nikola Anastasov Moushmov; 1912. Античните монети на Балканския полуостров и монетите на българските царе = Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula and the Coins of the Bulgarian Monarchs. Grigor Iv. Gavazov, Sofia, Bulgaria.Ivan Varbanov. Greek Imperial Coins. Izdatelstvo Adikom, Burgas, Bulgaria (3 volumes). , AMNG II# 375Friedrich Münzer, Max L. Strack, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (ed.); 1912. Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands / Band 2.1. Die antiken Münzen Thrakien: Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany. |
Obverse
Confronted busts of Gordian III to the right, laureate, draped, cuirassed, and of Tranquilline diademed and draped on the left, seen from three quarters in front.
Script: Greek
Lettering: AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ CAB TΡANKYΛΛINA
Translation:
Αυτοκράτωρ Καίσαρ Μάρκου Αντώνιος Γορδιανυς Aυγουστος Σεβαστα Τρανκυλλινα.
The emperor caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian august and the empress Tranquillina.
Reverse
Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left hand.
Script: Greek
Lettering: OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛEΩN
Translation:
Ουλπιανων Αγχιαλεων.
[of] Ulpia Anchilus.
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (241-244) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 92
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