RPC VII.2, 3083

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3083
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 ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion) and spear pointing forward
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωΝ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Reverse design lion attacking bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 22 (11 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩΝ also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.420
2 2     L: 1894,0402.244 BMC 287
3 3     L: 1844,0425.1919 BMC 288
4 4     L BMC 289
5 5     P: AA.GR.11361
6 6     ✸ P: 1441 SNG 1702
7 7     B: 18274241, 1859/21216
8 8     B: 18274243, Löbb.
9 9     B: 18274240, I-B
10 10     G SNG 2344
11 11     V: GR 38337
12 12     Münster: M 1332
13 13     Ayvagediği hoard 64
14 14     Ayvagediği hoard 65
15 15     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 355 = Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1891
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     CGT coll. = Saint Paul Auctions 5, 6 May 2017, lot 234
18 18     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 99
19 19     CNG EA 299, 27 Mar. 2013, lot 288
20 20     CNG EA 378, 13 July 2016, lot 339
21 21     Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1120
22 22     Ziegler 756 = Karbach coll.