RPC VII.2, 3149A

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3149A
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ(ντώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεω(ς) 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 Sandan standing left, on horned lion, enclosed in a pyramidal monument covered by round canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian cap; on monument, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.14 g
Axis 2
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Agora Sale 109, 7 Feb. 2023, lot 178