RPC VII.2, 3032

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3032
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 Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΒ (sic), Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Athena advancing right, head left, holding Nike, spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2010.206
2 2     Ayvagediği hoard 32
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2461 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 348