RPC VII.2, 3042

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3042
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 ΕΒ (sic), Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς <Σ>εβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
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 double crown of the Cilicarch, decorated with eight imperial busts in the outer side, and seven imperial busts in the inner side, on table with three straight legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.95 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2342
2 2     V: GR 32635
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 2684
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     ✸ Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 975
6 6     Tahberer 1605