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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 2838265, member: 87200&quot;]<b>Furia Sabinia Tranquillina</b> (c. 225 – aft. 244) was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_of_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_of_Rome" rel="nofollow">Empress of Rome</a> and wife of Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III" rel="nofollow">Gordian III</a>. She was the young daughter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard" rel="nofollow">Praetorian</a> Prefect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Furius_Sabinius_Aquila_Timesitheus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Furius_Sabinius_Aquila_Timesitheus" rel="nofollow">Timesitheus</a>&nbsp; by an unknown wife.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 241 her father was appointed the head of the Praetorian Guard by the Roman Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III" rel="nofollow">Gordian III</a>. In May that year, Tranquillina had married Gordian. She became a Roman Empress and received the honorific title of <i>Augusta</i>. Her marriage to Gordian was an admission by the young emperor of both Timesitheus&#039; political indispensability and Tranquillina’s suitability as an empress. (Courtesy Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>Tranquillina Augusta, 241-244 C.E.</p><p>AE25, 10.7g</p><p>MESOPOTAMIA, Singara</p><p>Obverse: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right</p><p>Reverse: Veiled Bust of Tyche Right; Centaur Sagittarius leaping right and discharging bow above</p><p>Reference: BMC Arabia p. 136, 14; SNG Copenhagen 258</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently won this coin at auction in [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] &#039;s latest auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]670837[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]670838[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Tranquillinas or Singara coins here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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