RPC VII.2, 3104

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3104
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 ΕΒ (sic), Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς <Σ>εβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ Ὀλύμπια
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, most beautiful, twice (neocorate), of the 3 (eparchies), Olympian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing two palms, on table with three curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.35 g
Axis 3, 6, 7
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1448 SNG 1686
2 2     P: 1539.33 SNG 1687
3 3     Ayvagediği hoard 35
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 207
6 6     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 285 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 269 = SNG Levante Supp. 282
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 27, 3 Feb. 2024, lot 477