RPC VII.2, 3144

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3144
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α 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 36 mm
Average weight 22.43 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 27 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1423 SNG 1645
2 2     P: 1417 SNG 1646
3 3     B: 18274231, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18274229, Rauch
5 5     C: Leake
6 6     C: Leake 5339
7 7     NY: 1944.100.55028
8 8     ✸ V: GR 37392
9 9     Bern SNG Righetti 1691
10 10     V-ON SNG Leypold 2683
11 11     Ayvagediği hoard 48
12 12     Ayvagediği hoard 50
13 13     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 353
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 143
18 18     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 147
19 19     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 314
20 20     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1123
21 21     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 836 = Hirsch 261, 7 May 2009, lot 797 = Hirsch 258, 25 Sept. 2008, lot 2655
22 22     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2460 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 354
23 23     Roma Numismatics EA 40, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 412
24 24     Tahberer 1607
25 25     Tahberer 1608
26 26     Ziegler 782
27 27     Ziegler 783 = Müller FPL Dec. 1980, lot 584