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Tetrassarion - Gordian III and Tranquillina
| Issuer | Tomis |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Athena stands frontally in the field, helmeted and clad in chiton and aegis, holding an upright spear in her right hand while her left rests upon a large round shield set on the ground at her side. The civic legend of Tomis, metropolis of Pontus, is inscribed in Greek around the periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩⳞ |
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Tomis, the Black Sea port on the western Pontic coast, was one of the more prolific provincial minting centers under Gordian III, producing a notably wide range of denominations and reverse types across his short reign. The pairing of Gordian with his wife Tranquillina on the obverse is a deliberate dynastic statement — Tranquillina was the daughter of Timesitheus, the praetorian prefect who effectively ran the empire during Gordian's early years and orchestrated the marriage in 241 AD to consolidate his own position.
Gordian died on campaign against Shapur I in 244, aged around nineteen. Issues bearing the imperial couple ceased abruptly with his death.