RPC VII.2, 3085

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3085
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(ΑΙϹ) 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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ(ΩϹ), Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Reverse design lion attacking bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 19 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1872,0709.263 BMC 286
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2645 SNG vA 6038
3 3     P: 1394 SNG 1705
4 4     P: 1439 SNG 1712
5 5     B: 18274239, Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.55016
7 7     V: GR 19264
8 8     Bern SNG Righetti 1693
9 9     V-ON SNG Leypold 2685
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 150
12 12     CNG Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 808 = SNG Levante 1141 = Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 370
13 13     Falghera 2216
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1757
15 15     Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 448
16 16     M&M GmbH 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2680
17 17     Münzzentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 228
18 18     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 481 (Vogl coll.) = Naumann 44, 7 June 2016, lot 777
19 19     Rauch 84, 13 May 2009, lot 750