RPC VII.2, 3111

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3111
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, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion) and spear pointing forward
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(ΟΛΕ), Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης βʹ γʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλε(ως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding a temple in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.80 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1919,0822.10
2 2     P: AA.GR.12621
3 3     P: 2000.245 Aufhäuser 15, 21 Mar. 2000, lot 411
4 4     B: 18274226, Löbb.
5 5     ✸ C: Leake 5343
6 6     G SNG 2339
7 7     Mu
8 8     NY: 1977.24.6
9 9     NY: 1944.100.55024
10 10     V: GR 38659
11 11     Bern SNG Righetti 1684
12 12     Ayvagediği hoard 87
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     CNG EA 277, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 142
15 15     CNG Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 809 = SNG Levante 1143
16 16     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 32, 7 June 2015, lot 349
17 17     Peus 388, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 1143
18 18     Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 978
19 19     Stack's Vermeule, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 296 = CNG 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1211 = SNG Levante 1144
20 20     UBS 59, 27 Jan. 2004, lot 6816
21 21     Ziegler 754