RPC VII.2, 3079

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3079
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 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 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, right arm behind his back, holding lion skin and club resting on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.76 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 138 = Paramount, 7 Jan. 1977, lot 733
4 4     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 315
5 5     ✸ M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 245 = Ziegler 770
6 6     Private coll.
7 7     SNG vA 6043