RPC VII.2, 3117

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3117
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 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
Edition 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.49 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.887
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2646 SNG vA 6042
3 3     B: 18274218, I-B
4 4     Cop SNG 382
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 2689
6 6     Berk 106, 20 Jan. 1999, lot 774
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2708
9 9     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 458
10 10     Rauch EA 15, 16 June 2014, lot 117
11 11     Ziegler 763 = Karbach coll.