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Æ28 - Gordianus III and Tranquillina VΠ TEΠTVΛΛIANOY MAΡKIANOΠOΛITEΩN, Consular Legate Prosius Tertullianus, Marcianopolis
| Issuer | Marcianopolis Mint |
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| Year | 241-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Athena (or the city goddess of Marcianopolis) depicted standing facing, her head turned slightly to the right, clad in a long chiton and aegis, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet. She raises her right hand, possibly in a gesture of salutation or holding a patera, while her left hand rests on a tall spear or sceptre planted vertically at her side; a round shield rests against her left leg. The figure is rendered in the provincial workshop style characteristic of Moesian civic bronzes. The encircling Greek legend attributes the issue to the legate Tertullianus and the city of Marcianopolis, running around the beaded border. |
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Proseius Tertullianus served as legatus consularis of Moesia Inferior under Gordian III, and his name appearing on the coinage of Marcianopolis places this issue within a well-documented provincial administrative sequence. The city, modern Devnya in Bulgaria, was among the most prolific bronze-issuing mints in the region, but output under Tertullianus was notably tied to the co-reign period with Tranquillina — a pairing that ends abruptly with Gordian's death on campaign against Shapur I in early 244.
AMNG I-I 1176-7 distinguishes die variants within this emission that collectors frequently conflate.