RPC VII.2, 3223

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3223
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 240
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, holding spear over shoulder and shield (decorated with figure standing left, holding spear, crowned by Nike)
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΙ ΟΙΚ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρ(ίας) Γορδιάνι(α) οἰκ(ουμενικὰ) ἔτ(ους) γʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, the Gordian open (games), year 3, twice (neocorate)
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palm branches; above, small view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.52 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 861c; Bland 1991a, 16
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.72308 Bland 1991a, 16.1
2 2     ✸ Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 221 = Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 2003, lot 508