RPC VII.2, 3015

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3015
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ, ΚΥΔΝΟ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπ(όλεως) αʹ μεγίστης(ίστης) καλλίστης(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ Κύδνος
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, of the first, the most beautiful, the twice sacred, the twice neocorate, Cydnus
Reverse design river god Cydnus reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.75 g
Axis 1
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the K is retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1910,1012.10
2 2     Berk 106, 20 Jan. 1999, lot 778
3 3     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1204 = SNG Levante Supp. 281 = Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 603 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 958
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.