RPC VII.2, 3130

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3130
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεω(ς) α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) β γ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.19 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre 6527 SNG 1642
2 2     Yale: 2004.6.3463
3 3     Ayvagediği hoard 40
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 168
7 7     Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1990, lot 791
8 8     M&M AG FPL 577, July 1994, lot 21 = Gorny & Mosch 67, 2 May 1994, lot 716
9 9     Münzzentrum Rheinland FPL 105, July 2009, lot 408
10 10     SNG vA 6036
11 11     Tahberer 1594