RPC VII.2, 3069

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3069
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως Α αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, A(?), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice neocorate
Reverse design Helios standing left, raising hand, holding whip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.87 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 161, 7 Dec. 2015, lot 434 = Lanz 155, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 644
2 2     SNG vA 6044