RPC VII.2, 3063

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3063
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Π Π
Dating AD 238 and after
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design Gordian III, radiate, in military dress, riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing lion running right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 26.40 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18274235, Löbb.
2 2     V: GR 35796
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 407 = Noble 111, 5 Apr. 2016, lot 4551 = Triton VII, 13 Jan. 2004, lot 807 = SNG Levante 1133