TRANQUILLINA

'Furia Sabinia Tranquillina' or 'Sabinia Tranquillina' (flourished 3rd century) was a Roman woman and was the beautiful, intelligent and young daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus by an unknown wife.
In 241 her father, was appointed the head of the Praetorian Guard by the Roman Emperor Gordian III. In May that year, Tranquillina had married Gordian. She became a Roman Empress and received the honorific title of ''Augusta''. Her marriage to Gordian was an admission by the young emperor of both political indispensability of Timesitheus and Tranquillina’s suitability as an empress.
Gordian and Tranquillina had loved each other and had a happy marriage. They showed much respect and admiration for each other. Tranquillina’s character in her grace, sweetness and high morals made her very popular with Roman citizens and the Roman army. In 243, her father had died was replaced with Philip the Arab, as head of the Praetorian Guard. When Gordian died in February 244 of unknown causes, Philip became the new emperor. Tranquillina survived him, however had no children with him.
Roman Coinage of her can be seen at [1]

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★ http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1034

★ http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Tranquillina

★ http://www.livius.org/to-ts/tranquillina/tranquillina.html

★ http://www.fofweb.com/Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAR0089

★ http://www.aoti76.dsl.pipex.com/coins/r4/r1621.htm