Augusta A.D. 241-244
Provincial Bronze (AE24)
Macedonia, Edessa
Obv: CABINIA TPANKVΛΛEINA
Rev: EΔE-C-CΩN - Woman placing wreath on head of Roma, seated left
Moushmov 6276
24mm, 4.8g.
Not much is known of Tranquillina except that she was the daughter of Gordian's praetorian prefect and married and made Augusta by Gordian in A.D. 241. She was very popular with the Roman people, and their marriage was a happy one.
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