RPC VII.2, 3046

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3046
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 ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Σεβ(αστός) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Α Μ Κ Γ Β, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ
Edition αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλε(ως)
Translation first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design double crown of the Cilicarch, decorated with two imperial busts in the outer side, and five imperial busts and two Nikai in the inner side, on table with three straight legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.71 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2010.207
2 2     Ayvagediği hoard 34
3 3     CNG EA 116, 15 June 2005, lot 163