RPC VII.2, 3076

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3076
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
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 Γ Β
Edition 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, wearing lion skin and quiver, shooting right with bow and arrow; to right, in air, birds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.34 g
Axis 3, 6, 7
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.29 Tarsus hoard 104
2 2     P: 1453 SNG 1659 = Wa 4670
3 3     ✸ B: 18274212, I-B
4 4     B: 18274211, Löbb.
5 5     Mu
6 6     NY: 1944.100.55022
7 7     Berk 153, 13 Mar. 2007, lot 440
8 8     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 867
9 9     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 421
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.