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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) 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 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 22.14 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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