RPC VII.2, 3112

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3112
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 and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης βʹ γʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως 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 standing left, holding rudder (sometimes on globe) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.20 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐⲰϹ also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.397 BMC 280
2 2     B: 18274220, 1976/37
3 3     C: BK 568-R
4 4     ✸ C McClean 9122
5 5     Mu
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1408
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1409
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 76
9 9     C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1817
10 10     CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 201
11 11     CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 222
12 12     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 278
13 13     Elsen 122, 13 Sept. 2014, lot 258
14 14     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 479 (Vogl coll.) = Hirsch 166, 16 May 1990, lot 1219
15 15     Solidus EA 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 196
16 16     Ziegler 762
17 17     Boston: 65.553