RPC VII.2, 3091

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3091
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Nike standing left, on globe, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1226.387 BMC 271
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55039
3 3     ✸ O: Acland
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1396
5 5     Ayvagediği hoard 66
6 6     Ayvagediği hoard 67
7 7     Berk 153, 13 Mar. 2007, lot 441 = CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1206 = CNG 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1169 = SNG Levante 1124
8 8     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2462 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 346
9 9     Boston: 64.1428