RPC VII.2, 3014

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3014
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Without Π Π
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβασ(τός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.73 g
Axis 1, 6, 9, 12
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1400 SNG 1640
2 2     P: 1401 SNG 1641
3 3     NY: 1974.226.181
4 4     O: Christ Church
5 5     V: GR 36752
6 6     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Tahberer 1591
11 11     Tahberer 1592
12 12     Ziegler 787 = Karbach coll.