RPC VII.2, 3021

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3021
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 αʹ 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, quiver at shoulder, holding branch and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.90 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1925,1001.27 Tarsus hoard 89
2 2     P: 1408 SNG 1683
3 3     P: 1539.4 SNG 1684
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55023
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG EA 195, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 166
7 7     Naumann 46, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 453
8 8     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 502
9 9     Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 602 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 955
10 10     SNG vA 6051
11 11     Tahberer 1598
12 12     Ziegler 774 = Karbach coll.