190
3230
Tranquillina. Silver Denarius (3.0 g), Augusta, AD
241-244.
Rome, under Gordian III. SABINIA TRAN-
QVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.
Reverse:
CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left,
holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 252; RSC
1a. Virtually as struck, nicely toned.
Extremely rare and
probably the finest of very few specimens known
.
Nearly
Mint State.
Tranquillina, the daughter of the Praetorian Pre-
fect Timesitheus, married Gordian III in AD 241.
The couple had no children, and while it is as-
sumed that she survived her husband, her fate af-
ter his death is not known. All of Tranquillina’s im-
perial coinage is, inexplicably, extremely rare.
Estimated Value .................................. $15,000 - 18,000
Ex The Barry Feirstein Collection (NAC, 16 May, 2007),
153; earlier privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.
