RPC VII.2, 3075

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3075
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion, right; below, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1414 SNG 1692
2 2     ✸ B: 18274209, Fox
3 3     C: Leake 5340
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 123
6 6     CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 321 = CNR 19/4, 1994, lot 373
7 7     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 711 = SNG Levante 1127
8 8     Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 9065
9 9     Tahberer 1589
10 10     Ziegler 769 (illustrated as 768)