RPC VII.2, 3130

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3130
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 ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre 6527 SNG 1642
2 2     Yale: 2004.6.3463
3 3     Ayvagediği hoard 40
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 168
7 7     Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1990, lot 791
8 8     M&M AG FPL 577, July 1994, lot 21 = Gorny & Mosch 67, 2 May 1994, lot 716
9 9     Münzzentrum Rheinland FPL 105, July 2009, lot 408
10 10     SNG vA 6036
11 11     Tahberer 1594