RPC VII.2, 3126

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3126
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 α 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 veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.68 g
Axis 6
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1396 SNG 1658
2 2     Cop SNG 387
3 3     ✸ V: GR 19261
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1393
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1956
6 6     Hirsch 260, 12 Feb. 2009, lot 2206 = Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 868
7 7     Hirsch 284, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 2987
8 8     Vico EA 17, 15 Feb. 2022, lot 345