RPC VII.2, 3101

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3101
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 ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος 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 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 36 mm
Average weight 22.19 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 7: same obv. die as 3044/6.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1454 SNG 1690 = Wa 4671
2 2     Cop SNG Suppl. 619
3 3     ✸ Mu Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 20003, lot 507
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55034
5 5     Bern SNG Righetti 1682
6 6     Yale: 2008.83.130 SNG Levante 1125
7 7     Cast in Winterthur = M&M 13, 17 June 1954, lot 922 = Missere 613
8 8     CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 846
9 9     Falghera 2209
10 10     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 474 (Vogl coll.) = Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, 5 Oct. 2004, lot 517
11 11     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 580
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 3, 30 Nov. 2013, lot 365
13 13     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 547, 4 Oct. 2023, lot 590