RPC VII.2, 3092

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3092
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar 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 Perseus standing right, holding harpa and statue of Apollo Lykeios (holding wolves), facing fisherman standing left, holding line with fish
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 28 (15 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐⲰϹ also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p132.3.A BMC 267
2 2     L: 1925,1001.32 Tarsus hoard 112
3 3     P: 1436A
4 4     P: 1436 SNG 1647
5 5     B: 18274198, I-B
6 6     B: 18274197, Löbb.
7 7     C: Leake
8 8     C McClean 9121
9 9     Mu
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY: 1944.100.55029
12 12     O
13 13     O: Christ Church
14 14     V: GR 37391
15 15     V: GR 37390
16 16     V-ON SNG Leypold 2686
17 17     Ayvagediği hoard 69
18 18     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 268 = SNG Levante 1118
19 19     CGT coll. = ArtCoins Roma EA 10, 25 June 2013, lot 485
20 20     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2246
21 21     Künker 143, 6 Oct. 2008, lot 635
22 22     M&M GmbH 30, 28 May 2009, lot 1175
23 23     ✸ Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 475 (Vogl coll.) = Aufhäuser 9, 7 Oct. 1992, lot 411
24 24     Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1122
25 25     SNG vA 6046
26 26     Tahberer 1574
27 27     Ziegler 781
28 28     Boston: 62.417