Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 70 | Auction date: 21 September 2005 |
Lot number: 584 | |
Lot description: CILICIA, Tarsus. Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III. Augusta, 241-244 AD. Æ 31mm (17.11 g, 1h). Estimate $200 CILICIA, Tarsus. Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III. Augusta, 241-244 AD. Æ 31mm (17.11 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing left, head right; A-M/K and B/G in fields. SNG Levante 1149 (this coin); SNG France 1724 (same dies). Near VF, olive-brown patina with dusty blue-green overtones. ($200) |