RPC VII.2, 3087

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3087
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(άτηρ) 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 α 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 Mithras, radiate, kneeling on seated bull, holding it by the nostrils with his left hand, and stabbing it with a dagger held in his right hand, his right leg constraining the bull’s hoof and the left leg is bent and resting on the bull’s back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.73 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.53 BMC 258
2 2     B: 18274192, Löbb.
3 3     ✸ C: Leake 5338
4 4     NY: 1973.191.144
5 5     V: GR 19255
6 6     CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 273
7 7     Ziegler 778 = Jürging coll.