RPC VII.2, 3106

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3106
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, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟϹ (on crown)
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ οἰκουμενικός Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ οἰκουμενικός
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), open (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing two palms, on table with four straight legs and vase between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.65 g
Axis 6
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1445 SNG 1699
2 2     B: 18274249
3 3     V: GR 27615
4 4     Bern SNG Righetti 1694
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1852
6 6     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2168 = Elsen 64, 2 Dec. 2000, lot 772
7 7     Hirsch 183, 20 Sept. 1994, lot 1523