RPC VII.2, 3101

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3101
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 ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Scylla, with two fish-tail and four dog-foreparts, facing, head left, raising right arm, holding rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 7: same obv. die as 3044/6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1454 SNG 1690 = Wa 4671
2 2     Cop SNG Suppl. 619
3 3     ✸ Mu Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 20003, lot 507
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55034
5 5     Bern SNG Righetti 1682
6 6     Yale: 2008.83.130 SNG Levante 1125
7 7     Cast in Winterthur = M&M 13, 17 June 1954, lot 922 = Missere 613
8 8     CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 846
9 9     Falghera 2209
10 10     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 474 (Vogl coll.) = Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, 5 Oct. 2004, lot 517
11 11     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 580
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 3, 30 Nov. 2013, lot 365
13 13     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 547, 4 Oct. 2023, lot 590