RPC VII.2, 3019

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3019
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(ΑΙ) Μ ΑΝΤ(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) 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 and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.32 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0703.68 BMC 252
2 2     P: 1399 SNG 1666
3 3     P: 1539.49, Y 20263 SNG 1676
4 4     Ayvagediği hoard 39 corr.
5 5     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 265 = CNG EA 121, 24 Aug. 2005, lot 148 = SNG Levante 1121
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 201, 17 Dec. 2008, lot 281
9 9     Brisbane: 1980