RPC VII.2, 3116

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3116
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder (sometimes on globe) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 31 (13 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0402.245 BMC 278
2 2     L: 1844,0425.1932.A BMC 279
3 3     P: 1428 SNG 1656
4 4     P: 1427 SNG 1657
5 5     B: 18274217, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18274219, Löbb.
7 7     C: Mossop
8 8     C McClean 9123
9 9     Mu
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY: 1944.100.55018
12 12     O: Milne
13 13     V: GR 19258
14 14     Bern SNG Righetti 1683
15 15     Ayvagediği hoard 77
16 16     Ayvagediği hoard 78
17 17     Ayvagediği hoard 79
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     C. Rhodes coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 126 = M&M AG 6, 23 Mar. 2000, lot 225
24 24     CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 126
25 25     CNG EA 269, 30 Nov. 2011, lot 271 = CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 52 = SNG Levante 1137
26 26     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 279
27 27     CNG EA 324, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 265
28 28     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2169 = Grün 49, 20 May 2008, lot 104
29 29     Kölner Münzkabinett E-3, 25 June 2017, lot 289
30 30     Ziegler 761
31 31     Boston: 64.1429