RPC VII.2, 3143

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3143
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 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 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 Tranquillina, diademed and draped, standing right, clasping hands with Gordian III, laureate and togate, standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.42 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.1107 BMC 281
2 2     P: Delepierre 6529 SNG 1649
3 3     ✸ B: 18274230, Rauch
4 4     B: 18274227, 1845/4789
5 5     C McClean 9124
6 6     G SNG 2341
7 7     Bern SNG Righetti 1690
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 49
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 292
11 11     Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2207 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 7, 20 May 2013, lot 768 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5, 14 May 2012, lot 683 = Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1890 = Gorny & Mosch 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 318
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 482
13 13     Tahberer 1609
14 14     Ziegler 785
15 15     Ziegler 786
16 16     C. Rhodes coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 109, 11 May 2023, lot 868