RPC VII.2, 3110

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3110
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Πάτηρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(άτηρ) 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 temple with four columns and double pediment enclosing Tyche seated left, on rock, holding two ears of corn, resting foot on swimming river god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.44 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1435A
2 2     ✸ P: 1435 SNG 1670
3 3     Cop SNG 385
4 4     O
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Ares EA 9, 18 May 2020, lot 354
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 679
10 10     Nomos 6, 8 May 2012, lot 190 = Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 785
11 11     SNG vA 6055
12 12     Tahberer 1576
13 13     Tahberer 1577
14 14     Ziegler 777