The big Gordian III and Tranquillina marriage issue thread

Post your provincials honoring the marriage of Gordian III and Tranquillina. I'll get the ball rolling:


AE 4 Assaria (27 mm; 11.2 gm), Tomis, Moesia Inferior.
Confronted busts/Hygeia standing, feeding snake from patera.


AE 30 (29.7 mm; 11.34 gm), Anchialos, Thrace.
Confronted busts/Athena enthroned l, with patera, scepter, and shield.

 

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Nice, Roman Collector ... man, those are fantastic examples (congrats)

Ummm, I don't have exactly what you asked for, so I improvised

=> here is a Gordian-III and a Tranquillina provincial ...

Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia,
Gordian III, AE21
238-244 AD
Dated RY 4 (AD 240/1)
Diameter: AE21
Weight: 8.24 g
Obverse: AV K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate head right
Reverse: MHT PO KAI B N, calathus containing five grain ears
Reference: Sydenham, Caesarea; SNG Hunterian; SNG von Aulock; SNG Righetti; Lindgren & Kovacs; Lindgren III; MPR II



Cappadocia, Caesarea- Eusebia,
Tranquillina, Augusta, AR Drachm
AD 241-244
Dated RY 4 of Gordian III (AD 240/1)
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 2.71 grams
Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Reverse: Mt. Argaeus; ЄT Δ (date) in exergue
Reference: Bland, Last 58; Sydenham, Caesarea Supp. 617aa




... hopefully that'll be okay?

 

Lovely coins!

 

Nice idea for a thread.
Unfortunately I don't have anything to contribute with
@stevex6 that Tranquillina drachm is to die for....

Q

 

Nice coins

GORDIAN III
AE26
OBVERSE: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡ∆ΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛ/ΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina
REVERSE: ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΓΧΙΑΛΕ/ΩΝ, Tyche or Homonoia standing left wearing modius, patera in right, cornucopia in left
Struck at Hadrianopoli, 238-244 AD
12.44g, 26mm
AMNG II 675

 

Terrific Provincials!!!

I have one that suits this thread; 28 mm, Tomis, Moesia Inferior with a Nemesis reverse :

 

@Bing @Mikey Zee That's what I'm talking about! Yeah!

 

I am quite fond of these. These are a few of my favorites for reasons many may not see as important but that spoke to me.

First is a Marcianopolis with large denomination mark E=5 assaria. The long legend on the reverse did not fit so was finished vertically in the right field IT "omega-nu" in ligate form. The left side specifies the coin was issued while Tertulian was in office while the right names the city. Since Gordian's titles took the outer circle, Tranquillina is named in two lines under the busts.


My favorite of the bunch is from Tomis. In the left reverse field is a raised bump where the denomination mark was dug out of the die. I have seen two of these. The other was sold by a high end seller who did not even see fit to mention the matter. I really would like to know if the buyer realized what he was buying or just wanted a coin of G&T.


I have no idea what was dug out of the above reverse die but I wonder if it might have been the unusual Tomis 4 1/2 mark comprised of a delta ligate with a semis sign <. I need to upgrade my example but am too cheap to pay what dealers ask for coins worse than mine.


More common than the ligate 4 1/2 are coins with delta on the left and the < on the right separately. The obverse of this coin is a great example of the recessed dimple or pit between the busts and a tiny raised dot at about 1 o'clock on its edge which was where the compass centered to lay out the dotted borders and legends. This dot will be in the same place on every coin struck from this die while the pit came from flan preparation and will vary greatly from coin to coin.


Next is a coin from Anchialus with what I consider a great rendition of Aesculapius. This city often shows good style in this period. Perhaps they had a die cutter with more skill than most. Many will fault this coin due to the off center obverse 'dimple' wiping out Gordian's mouth. I try not to be too hard on these perfectly normal artifacts of the flan preparation process but I do have to prefer them placed nicely in places like the graphic belly button on this reverse.


Most of these we see are from cities in Moesia and Thrace but the AE29 below is from Singara, Mesopotamia. The reverse is Tyche sitting on a rock with Centaur Saggitarius shooting an arrow above. Nicer specimens will show a river god Mygdonius under the rock but my poor coin leaves that to your imagination. In truth, more of these much nicer than mine require imagination on that god.

 

Doug, those are wonderful examples!!! I love your favorite but I really LOVE #5--- with Aesculapius!!

 

Was it THE Tertullianus who was magistrate of Marcianopolis?

I have another coin of Marcianopolis, showing Gordian facing Serapis, not Tranquillina. And not with Tertullian, but Tullius Menophilus as a magistrate...
When that hole hadn't been right in the nose of the emperor, this pentassarion would have been great.

 

I have a Gordiallina from Anchialus as well. Dimple catches her on the nose and his face has a flat strike, but one of the first provincials I ever purchased and I still enjoy it.


GORDIAN III AND TRANQUILLINA
AE Pentassarion. 13.01g, 26mm. THRACE, Anchialus. Varbanov 679 (same dies as illustrated coin). O: AYT K M ANT GORDIANOC AYG CEB TRANKYLLINA, laureate and draped bust of Gordian right, facing draped bust of Tranquillina left, R: OVLPIANWN AGXIALE-WN, City gate with towers, arched doorway with wall and towers, with three arches along the wall and one pinnacle on top of the wall.

 

Thank you for your thought-provoking input; it's always a pleasure reading your informative posts.