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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3221360, member: 74834&quot;]I had never heard of the Conventus of Sardis, nor of the fair city of Cadi. But this coin came into my hands and I was intrigued. It is from the empress Tranquillina, &#039;the quiet one&#039;, the wife of young and promising emperor Gordian III. By accident I found it on <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/215/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/215/" rel="nofollow">RPC online</a>, vol. VII.1, nr. 215. Here it is called an AE29 of the Conventus of Sardis, town Cadi. That fits: 29 mm, 9.80 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse shows her portrait with the text ΦΟΥ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ, the reverse interestingly two Nemeseis, nemesises, the goddesses of Revenge. Unfortunately, I can&#039;t see what they are up to because the coin is not clear enough. There&#039;s a lot of text, ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ ƐΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΚΛƐΟΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ Β ΑΡΧΟ, mentioning the archon Aurelius Cleopatorus (&#039;B&#039; or 2, for the second time), ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ (&#039;Kadoènon&#039;) meaning <i>Of the Cadoans</i>. So this is a coin with a pretty portrait of a rare town with a nice reverse! </p><p>Sorry, the pic is not great.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]838743[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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