RPC VII.2, 3044

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3044
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) 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
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ 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 double crown of the Cilicarch, decorated with seven or six imperial busts and two Nikai in the outer side, and five or six imperial busts in the inner side, on table with three straight legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.48 g
Axis 2, 6, 7
Specimens 27 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 3101/7.
Note On the rev., the form ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,1103.9 BMC 290
2 2     L: 1925,1001.37 Tarsus hoard 152
3 3     P: 1444 SNG 1650
4 4     P: 1449 SNG 1651
5 5     B: 18274256, Löbb.
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55032
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1411
8 8     Bern SNG Righetti 1696
9 9     Münster: M 1329
10 10     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 480, 11 Nov. 2020, Lot 387 = Triskeles 20, 30 June 2017, Lot 465
11 11     CGT coll. = LAC Auction 35, 11 June 2014, lot 174
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 932 = Baldwin's, M&M, The New York Sale III, 7 Dec. 2000, lot 218
14 14     CNG EA 201, 17 Dec. 2008, lot 280
15 15     CNG EA 404, 23 Aug. 2017, lot 373
16 16     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1209 = SNG Levante 1135
17 17     CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1383
18 18     Falghera 2206
19 19     Falghera 2207
20 20     Falghera 2208
21 21     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2075 = Gorny & Mosch 121, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 333
22 22     M&M GmbH 22, 24 May 2007, lot 1308
23 23     Rauch 91, 5 Dec. 2012, lot 637
24 24     Brisbane: 1902 Rauch EA 15, 16 June 2014, lot 118
25 25     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2457
26 26     Roma Numismatics EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 481 = Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2502
27 27     SNG vA 6045