RPC VII.2, 3040

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3040
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, ϹΕΥΗΡΕΙΑ (on crown)
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, on table with four straight long legs, between two nude athletes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.51934
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3603
3 3     CNG EA 121, 24 Aug. 2005, lot 149 = SNG Levante 1134
4 4     ✸ Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1481
5 5     Cologne: AG149