Lot 2608. VF. Est $595.

Tranquillina AE28 of Deultum, Thrace. 

obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, draped bust right 
rev: COL F L PAC DEVLTVM, Andromeda being rescued from the cliffs by Perseus, 
    who holds the head of Medusa, right.  

This coin depicts the myth of Perseus where he rescues the daughter of King
Cepheus in return for her hand in marriage. Cepheus' queen Cassiopeia boasted 
that she was more beautiful than the Nereids and as a punishment, Poseidon 
flooded the kingdom and sent a sea-monster to ravage the land. 

King Cepheus consulted the oracle of Zeus-Ammon and was told that he would 
have to sacrifice his daughter Andromeda to the monster to appease it. 
Andromeda was then chained to a cliff and it was at this point that Perseus, 
returning from slaying Medusa, flew by on Pegasus and immediately fell in love
with her. He arranged with Cepheus to kill the sea-monster if he could marry
the king's daughter. 

The scene on the coin shows Perseus helping Andromeda down from the cliff-face 
after he has defeated the monster and released Andromeda from her chains, still
holding the head of Medusa in his left hand, dead sea serpent at feet. 

Same dies as CNG 39 Lot 918.