RPC VII.2, 3027

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3027
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ(Ϲ) 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 Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding arrow and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.78 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 29 (9 in the core collections)
Note One of the rev. dies has Α Μ Κ Β, Β Γ (sic).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.417
2 2     ✸ L: 1844,0425.2350 BMC 255
3 3     P: Delepierre 6532 SNG 1685
4 4     Cop SNG 391
5 5     G SNG 2332
6 6     NY: 1944.100.55031
7 7     O: New College
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     V: GR 19265
10 10     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1397
11 11     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1398
12 12     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1399
13 13     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1400
14 14     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1401
15 15     Münster: M 1326
16 16     Tübingen SNG 4578
17 17     Ayvagediği hoard 26
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 149
21 21     Falghera 2212
22 22     Gorny & Mosch 117, 14 Oct. 2002, lot 405
23 23     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3604 = M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 227
24 24     Roma Numismatics May 2013 Auction, 21 May 2013, lot 973
25 25     Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 601 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 954
26 26     SNG vA 6047
27 27     Ziegler 779
28 28     Ziegler 780
29 29     M. Wojciechowski coll.