RPC VII.2, 3100

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3100
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 Scylla, with two fish-tail and four dog-foreparts, facing, head left, raising right arm, holding rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.73 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,1201.16 BMC 268
2 2     B: 18274193, Fox
3 3     O: Godwyn
4 4     Hirsch 164, 31 Nov. 1989, lot 705
5 5     Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 30, 5 June 1986, lot 187
6 6     M. Stall coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 23, 9 Jan. 2016, lot 325