Tranquillina – Wife of Gordian III

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Tranquillina

241-244 AD
Wife of Gordian III


Furia Sabinia Tranquillina was the daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus. Tranquillina married Gordian III in 241 AD. The marriage may have been political insofar as Gordian III needed the support and aid of his father-in-law. Tranquillina reigned as Empress of Rome between 241 and 244 AD. Following the death of both her father and her husband in 244, her fate remains unknown.


Monetary System

Mints: Rome, Egypt, Bithynia, Cilicia

Obverse Legend:

SABINIA TRANQVLLINA


DENOMINATIONS

AR Antoninianus
AR Denarius (3.54 grams)
AR Quinarius (3.54 grams)
AE Sestertius
AE Dupondius
AE As


Nicaea in Bithynia

Æ23 Nicaea in Bithynia


CAESAREA

AR Didrachm
AR Drachm (3.64 grams)


EGYPT

Æ Tetradrachm (13.14 grams)


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