RPC VII.2, 3057

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3057
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς <Σ>εβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΝ (sic), Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεω{ν}<ς> αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice neocorate
Reverse design Genius Senatus (or the emperor?), veiled and togate, standing left, holding patera over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1437 SNG 1689
2 2     B: 18274237, I-B
3 3     C: Leake 5337
4 4     C: 104-1992
5 5     G SNG 2340
6 6     ✸ V: GR 36368
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 2681
8 8     Yale: 2004.6.3468
9 9     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 350 = Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1121
10 10     CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 275
11 11     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 139 = Antioch Associates 43, 6 Jan. 2003, lot 43
12 12     CNG EA 288, 10 Oct. 2012, lot 335
13 13     CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 458 (ex Levante)
14 14     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 839 = ex Boston MFA 64.173
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 37, 24 June 2017, lot 284 = Roma Numismatics EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 480
16 16     Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 957