RPC VII.2, 3122

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3122
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 ϹΕΒΑ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, raising right hand, holding Nike (standing left, holding wreath and palm)
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1977.24.7
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold 2687 = Rauch 62, 9 Nov. 1998, lot 254
3 3     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2459 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 345 = SNG Levante 1147