RPC VII.2, 3121

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3121
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 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, 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 Panthea, winged, standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 21.88 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Specimens 20 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.34 Tarsus hoard 127
2 2     P: 1421 SNG 1648
3 3     P: 1422 SNG 1661
4 4     B: 18274224, I-B
5 5     B: 18274225
6 6     Cop SNG 381
7 7     NY: 1944.100.55033
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 86
9 9     ✸ Baldwin's 100, 27 Sept. 2016, lot 830
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 144 = Coin Galleries, 29 Apr. 1976, lot 1215
12 12     CNG EA 119, 27 July 2005, lot 93
13 13     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 148
14 14     CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 285
15 15     SNG Levante 1136
16 16     SNG Levante 2688
17 17     Tahberer 1563
18 18     B. Michaux coll. = Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 686
19 19     C. Rhodes coll.
20 20     C. Rhodes coll.