RPC VII.2, 3018

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3018
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Π Π
Dating AD 238 and after
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(άτηρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch, arrow and bow; chlamys over arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.48 g
Axis 6
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2010.205
2 2     P: 1539.27 SNG 1675
3 3     B: 18274176, 1908/5 Morel
4 4     C SNG Lewis 1750
5 5     Ayvagediği hoard 62
6 6     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 337
9 9     Tahberer 1595
10 10     Tahberer 1596