RPC VII.2, 3107

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3107
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 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, ϹΕΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΙΑ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ Σευήρεια Ἁδριανία
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), Severan Hadrianic (games)
Reverse design two agonistic crowns and two palms, on table with four straight legs and vase between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.68 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.39 Tarsus hoard 155
2 2     P: 1455 SNG 1663 = Wa 4672
3 3     ✸ B: 18274245, Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 2343
5 5     Tübingen SNG 4577
6 6     Ayvagediği hoard 33
7 7     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 933 = CNG 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 712 = SNG Levante 1139
8 8     Peus 366, 25 oct. 2000, lot 1013
9 9     Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 976
10 10     Stephen Album 26, 15 Sept. 2016, lot 112
11 11     Ziegler 760
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.