RPC VII.2, 3105

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3105
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 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 Β Γ, ϹΕΥΗΡΕΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης βʹ γʹ Σευήρεια Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ Σευήρεια
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), of the 3 (eparchies), Severan (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing two palms, on table with three curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.77 g
Axis 3, 6, 7
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.38 Tarsus hoard 153
2 2     P: 1446 SNG 1662
3 3     B: 18274246, Fox
4 4     NY: 1978.10.1
5 5     Bern SNG Righetti 1695
6 6     Yale: 2007.15.1
7 7     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions EA 28, 15 July 2015, lot 431
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 610
10 10     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1210 = SNG Levante 1138
11 11     Helios 8, 13 Oct. 2012, lot 394
12 12     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 425
13 13     Boston: 63.3047
14 14     Brisbane: 2542