Gemini III, January 9th, 2007 Lot # 434 - US$1550 Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III. (). Bronze 32 mm (16.63 gm). Pisidia, Cremna. SAB TRANQVILLNAM AVGVSTAM, draped bust right wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders COL IVL AVG FELICIS CREMNENSIVM, Roma seated left, holding globe and cornucopia. Von Aulock, Pisidien, 1404-1408, pl. 31 (all same dies). Provincial coins of Tranquillina in sestertius size and with Latin legends seem to be very rare and may come only from Cremna. Cohen, pp. 90-92, lists only middle bronzes and small bronzes of Tranquillina. von Aulock found eleven sestertius-sized coins of Tranquillina at Cremna, all from the same obverse die as our coin, and with two different reverse types. © 2006 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com Lot 434 sold for high bid of $1550 909.075 GBP Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) and Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)