RPC VII.2, 3051

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3051
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(ΑΙϹ) Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion) and spear pointing forward
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Reverse design Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 37 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1917 BMC 272
2 2     P: 1434 SNG 1704
3 3     P: 1432 SNG 1709
4 4     P: 1433 SNG 1721
5 5     B: 18274257, 1899/932
6 6     C: Leake 5342
7 7     C: Burkitt
8 8     G SNG 2337
9 9     G SNG 2338
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY: 1944.100.55026
12 12     NY: 1944.100.55027
13 13     O: Milne
14 14     O: Christ Church
15 15     V: GR 19262
16 16     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1413
17 17     Gotha cast in Winterthur
18 18     Münster: M 1334
19 19     Winterthur: G 4720 GrMW III, 404
20 20     Ayvagediği hoard 42
21 21     Ayvagediği hoard 43
22 22     Ayvagediği hoard 44
23 23     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions EA 28, 15 July 2015, lot 427
24 24     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 834 = Antiqua XIII (undated, 2005), lot 157
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     CGT coll. = NSB WA 7, 18 July 2021, lot 512
27 27     CNG EA 119, 27 July 2005, lot 92
28 28     CNG EA 277, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 141
29 29     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 288 = CNG 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 830
30 30     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 565 = CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 287 = Cederlind 178, 14 Apr. 2015, no. 97
31 31     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 1177
32 32     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2463 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 347
33 33     Brisbane: 1796 Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 974
34 34     SNG Levante 1130
35 35     SNG vA 6039
36 36     Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 299
37 37     C. Rhodes coll.