RPC VII.2, 3090

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3090
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος 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 μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ 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 Nike standing left, on globe, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.14 g
Axis 6
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1924,0408.2
2 2     ✸ L: 1857,1224.9 BMC 270
3 3     Cop SNG 388
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1394
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1395
6 6     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 316
7 7     HI coll.
8 8     J. Bajer coll. = Aurea Numismatika EA 11, 21 May 2017, lot 6340
9 9     Normisma 18, 11 Apr. 2001, lot 336
10 10     Tahberer 1578
11 11     B. Michaux coll. = Aquilla Numismatics 2, 7 May 2022, lot 514
12 12     Brisbane: 2543