RPC VII.2, 3108

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3108
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 Γ Β, ϹΕΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΙΑ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Σευήρεια Ἁδριανία Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ Σευήρεια Ἁδριανία
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), Severan Hadrianic (games)
Reverse design two agonistic crowns and two palms, on table with four straight legs and vase between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.21 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1447 SNG 1678
2 2     CGT coll. = Art Coins Roma EA 10, 25 June 2013, lot 484
3 3     Tahberer 1606