RPC VII.2, 3120

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3120
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 ΕΒ (sic), Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς <Σ>εβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλε(ως) α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γ β
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Tyche Panthea, helmeted and winged, standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 22.51 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0704.14 BMC 269
2 2     Linnartz FPL 20, 1999, lot 217