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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2919117, member: 88829"]<b>AE25 Anchialos </b></p><p>Gordian III and Tranquillina face to face<b>, [...]ANT GORDIANO KAI CEB TRANKVL/ LINA </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Diana with bow in l hand and patera in out streched r hand. Stag l at feet.<b></b></p><p><b>OVLPIANWN AGXIALEIN (=Anchialos)</b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/lrbguy/20170606_tranquilina1-sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I love the representation of the stag on this coin. I'm not sure about the denomination for this coin, which is not as large as the typical Pentassarion. It could be a Tetrassarion.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AE28 Markianopolis Pentassarion </b></p><p>Gordian III and Tranquillina face to face;<b> AVTKMANT GORDIANOC AVG E(t) TRANKVA/LLINA</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Athena in Athenian(?) helmet, stg l holding spear vertically in left hand, and with right hand holds her shield at feet .<b></b></p><p><b>VP TERTVLLIANON MARKIA[NAPOLI]TWN</b></p><p><b>E </b>in left field (denomination)<b></b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/lrbguy/20170606_tranquilina2-sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p>The figure in the obverse inscription of her cognomen (at the end of its first line) is probably not intended to be an "A" but it looks like one to me. More likely it is an uncial "I." [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2919117, member: 88829"][B]AE25 Anchialos [/B] Gordian III and Tranquillina face to face[B], [...]ANT GORDIANO KAI CEB TRANKVL/ LINA [/B] Diana with bow in l hand and patera in out streched r hand. Stag l at feet.[B] OVLPIANWN AGXIALEIN (=Anchialos) [IMG]https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/lrbguy/20170606_tranquilina1-sm.jpg[/IMG] [/B] I love the representation of the stag on this coin. I'm not sure about the denomination for this coin, which is not as large as the typical Pentassarion. It could be a Tetrassarion. [B]AE28 Markianopolis Pentassarion [/B] Gordian III and Tranquillina face to face;[B] AVTKMANT GORDIANOC AVG E(t) TRANKVA/LLINA [/B] Athena in Athenian(?) helmet, stg l holding spear vertically in left hand, and with right hand holds her shield at feet .[B] VP TERTVLLIANON MARKIA[NAPOLI]TWN E [/B]in left field (denomination)[B] [IMG]https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/lrbguy/20170606_tranquilina2-sm.jpg[/IMG][/B] The figure in the obverse inscription of her cognomen (at the end of its first line) is probably not intended to be an "A" but it looks like one to me. More likely it is an uncial "I."[B] [/B][/QUOTE]
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