RPC VII.2, 3097

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3097
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 Perseus standing left, holding statue of Apollo Lykeios (holding wolves), chlamys and Medusa head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 29.47 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0402.248 BMC 265
2 2     Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 2295
3 3     Münzzentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 233
4 4     Spink Zürich 23, 17 June 1987, lot 950