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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 3015628, member: 80147&quot;]I don&#039;t look at ancients on Ebay all that often nowadays and if I do it is the big German dealers like Lanz and Savoca, but I stumbled across this Macedon Tranquillina AE 26, having recently bid on one in a Naumann auction in similar quality but went for 220 Euro plus fees so backed of early, this one on the other hand I picked up for 59 Euro plus 7 postage a much better deal for a reasonably rare coin. The coin celebrates the Pythian Games with a few of the emperors and wives represented.</p><p>The Pythian Games (Greek: Πύθια) were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held in honour of Apollo every four years at his sanctuary at Delphi. They were held two years after each Olympic Games, and between each Nemean and Isthmian Games.[ATTACH=full]748757[/ATTACH]</p><p>MACEDON</p><p><br /></p><p>THESSALONICA</p><p>Tranquillina</p><p>Bronze. AD 238-244.&nbsp; 26mm, 12.11gm</p><p>Obv: CABINIA TPANKYΛΛΙΝΑ ΑΥΓ.</p><p>Diademed and draped bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: ΘΕCCΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ NEΩKOPΩN.</p><p>Tetrastyle temple seen in perspective to left ΠΥΘΙΑ below.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Varbanov 4657.</p><p>Rare.</p><p>POST YOUR TRANQUILLINA[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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