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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4901321, member: 44316&quot;]If you want at least one Roman imperial coin of everybody you will have difficulty getting a coin of Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III who reigned 238-244. Her imperial coins are very rare; on Ras Suarez&#039;s list she is the 168th most frequently offered Roman. Here is a copy of that list:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Roman_Ruler_RarityModified2.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Roman_Ruler_RarityModified2.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Roman_Ruler_RarityModified2.pdf</a></p><p>So, most of us seek her portrait on a provincial coin. On his Roman provincial frequency list </p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/ProvincialRarityStats.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/ProvincialRarityStats.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/ProvincialRarityStats.pdf</a></p><p>she is only number 37--not so rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one from Roman Alexandria in Egypt:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182637[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>22 mm. 12.94 grams.</p><p>CAB TPANKYΛΛEINA CEB</p><p>Homonia standing left raising right hand and holding a double cornucopia in her left.</p><p>LS for year 6 in the field, 242/3.</p><p>Sear III 8897 (is year Z, 7)</p><p>Emmett 3449 page 172. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tranquillina is not only on coins of Alexandria, but also other cities. I&#039;d love to see a member&#039;s antoninianus, but I don&#039;t expect to see such a rarity. Show us a provincial Tranquillina![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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