RPC VII.2, 3074

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3074
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 ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) 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 ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion, right; at left, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.11 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0701.6 BMC 259
2 2     B: 18274208, Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1974.226.179
4 4     ✸ V: GR 35453
5 5     Münster: M 1327
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1207 = SNG Levante 1126
9 9     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 598