RPC VII.2, 3030

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3030
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Artemis standing right, head left, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding arrow and bow; at feet, right, stag standing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55030 Cahn 60, 2 Juy 1928, lot 1689
2 2     Schenk-Behrens 71, 13 June 1996, lot 675
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.