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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2839185, member: 44316&quot;]@Irbguy showed you can find Gordian III and Tranquillina together on a coin. Balkan cities in the era often have busts vis-a-vis. Here are Gordian III and Tranquillina together on coins of Mesopotamia including Singara (the mint city of the OP coin) and Nisibis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671319[/ATTACH] </p><p>Large at 33-30 mm. Busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina face to face.</p><p>Greek legend:</p><p>AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINACEB</p><p>Tyche seated left on rocks, centaur (Sagittarius) left above, (tiny) river god swimming at her feet left</p><p>AVPCEHK OΛ CINΓAPA&nbsp; (Singara)</p><p>BMC 8. Sear Greek Imperial 3804</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671320[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Large at 32 mm. Busts of Gordian III and Tranquilina face to face.</p><p>Greek legend:</p><p>AVTOK K M AN ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB</p><p>Tyche seated left on rocks, centaur (Sagittarius) left above, river god swimming at her feet left</p><p>CEΠ KOΛ O NECIBI MHTPO (Nisibis, Metropolis) </p><p><br /></p><p>I recently bought an e-book entitled &quot;The Nisibis War: The Defense of the Roman East, AD 337-363.&quot;&nbsp; I am not done with it yet, but it seems very good and at $1.23 on Amazon it is a bargain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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