RPC VII.2, 3103

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3103
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(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(άτηρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
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 Selene-Hecate, crowned with crescent, wearing chiton inflated by wind, standing in galloping biga drawn by hump-backed bulls, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.61 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 28 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.340 BMC 253
2 2     L: BNK,G.1112 BMC 254
3 3     P: Chandon de Briailles 1084 SNG 1671
4 4     P: 1539.9, Y 20263 SNG 1672
5 5     B: 18274187, Fox
6 6     B: 18274185, Löbb.
7 7     C McClean 9125
8 8     Cop SNG 386
9 9     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55035
10 10     O: Spink
11 11     Leeds-UL: 1633
12 12     Münster: M 1333
13 13     Yale: 2001.87.11445
14 14     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 352
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     CNG EA 119, 27 July 2005, lot 89
17 17     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 339
18 18     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 284
19 19     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 336
20 20     Dorotheum 504, 23 Oct. 2006, lot 298
21 21     Falghera 2213
22 22     Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1818
23 23     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1011
24 24     Private coll.
25 25     Roma Numismatics EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 423 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2458 = Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1853
26 26     SNG Levante Supp. 286
27 27     SNG vA 6054
28 28     Boston: 61.1064