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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2697153, member: 75937&quot;]I got these three Gordian III and Tranquillina marriage commemoratives from an auction lot of provincials from Thrace and Moesia Inferior. I love these coins because they are plentiful, generally well-preserved, and have a lot of variety in their reverse types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]606249[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian and Tranquillina</p><p>Roman provincial AE 26.4 mm, 12.98 g</p><p>Thrace, Anchialus, AD 241</p><p>Obv: Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, confronted.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΑΝW[ΑΝ]ΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, with serpent climbing staff to left.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 2936; AMGN II 665; Varbanov 672; SNG Copenh --; BMC Thrace --</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]606250[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian and Tranquillina</p><p>Roman provincial AE 25.8 mm, 11.44 g</p><p>Thrace, Mesembria, AD 241</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΙΝ[Α], confronted busts as above.</p><p>Rev: ΜΕCΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Apollo in long robe, standing left, holding plectrum in outstretched right hand and resting left on lyre set on column</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 3998; Varbanov 4175-4176 (obv. legend var.); Karayatov 11 (die 020)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]606251[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian and Tranquillina</p><p>Roman provincial AE 27.4 mm, 12.23 g</p><p>Thrace, Odessos, AD 241</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝ[Α], confronted busts as above.</p><p>Rev: ΟΔΗCCΕΙ[ΤΩΝ], Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; E in field, left.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 1697; Varbanov 4608; AMNG 2402[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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