Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1175. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003. Sold For $5200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRANQUILLINA, wife of Gordian III. Augusta, 241-244 AD. AR Antoninianus (4.06 gm). Struck circa 241 AD. Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Gordian III standing right, holding a roll in his left hand, clasping hand with Tranquillina standing left. RIC IV 250 (Gordian); RSC 4. Toned, good VF/VF. Very rare. ($5000)
Ex Frank Sternberg XXII (20-21 November 1989), 338.
Commemorates the marriage of Gordian III and Tranquillina.