RPC VII.2, 3141

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3141
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος 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 front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ 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 humped bull lying before garlanded altar on which stand two busts (Tranquillina and Gordian III?); at right, Perseus standing left, holding patera over altar, Gorgoneion and harpa; at left, Demeter (?) standing right, holding in each hand a lighted torch; in the background, high column with cult-statue of Apollo Lykeios with wolves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.06 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 194, 20 Aug. 2008, lot 143
2 2     CNG EA 288, 10 Oct. 2012, lot 333 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 298 = SNG Levante 1119
3 3     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 178
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 287
5 5     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 478 (Vogl coll.) = Aufhäuser 4, 7 Oct. 1987, lot 415
6 6     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 798 = Rauch 94, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 577
7 7     R.C. coll.
8 8     B. michaux coll. = Biga 32, 15 June 2024, lot 203