RPC VII.2, 3075

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3075
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 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 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 Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion, right; below, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.33 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1414 SNG 1692
2 2     ✸ B: 18274209, Fox
3 3     C: Leake 5340
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 123
6 6     CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 321 = CNR 19/4, 1994, lot 373
7 7     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 711 = SNG Levante 1127
8 8     Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 9065
9 9     Tahberer 1589
10 10     Ziegler 769 (illustrated as 768)