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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός Σεβα(στός) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, father of the fatherland
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
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλ(εως) α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) β γ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 27.90 g
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