RPC VII.2, 3024

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3024
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 ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος 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 μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ 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, holding branch (?) and chlamys (?); at right, globe on short column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.31 g
Axis 5
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

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