RPC VII.2, 3031

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3031
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 and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
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 Athena advancing right, head left, holding Nike, spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.79 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1402 SNG 1691
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 249, 9 Feb. 2011, lot 260
3 3     SNG vA 6048
4 4     Tahberer 1584
5 5     Tahberer 1585