RPC VII.2, 3060

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3060
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Π Π
Dating AD 238 and after
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙϹ) Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) 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, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion) and spear pointing forward
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ(ΛΕ), Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλε(ως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design Gordian III, laureate, in military dress, riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing lion running right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.11 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 29 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,1101.259 BMC 284
2 2     L: 1897,0104.398 BMC 285
3 3     P: 1438B
4 4     P: 1438C
5 5     P: 1438A
6 6     P: 1438 SNG 1722
7 7     ✸ B: 18274232, I-B
8 8     NY: 1947.97.495
9 9     O: Milne
10 10     Bern SNG Righetti 1692
11 11     Münster: M 1328
12 12     Ayvagediği hoard 46
13 13     Ayvagediği hoard 47
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG EA 111, 30 Mar. 2005, lot 81 = H, Schulman, 20 Sept. 1973, lot 478
18 18     CNG EA 119, 27 July 2005, lot 90
19 19     CNG EA 176, 14 Nov. 2007, lot 216
20 20     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 318
21 21     CNG EA 409, 8 Nov. 2017, lot 432 = Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 422
22 22     Falghera 2205
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1955 = Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1820
24 24     Rauch 86, 12 May 2010, lot 1037
25 25     Tahberer 1588
26 26     Ziegler 751 = Karbach coll.
27 27     Ziegler 752
28 28     Boston: 68.169
29 29     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = CNG EA 509, 9 Feb. 2022, lot 360 = Antioch Associates MBS 15, 1 June 1998, lot 150 = Lindgren I, 1635