RPC VII.2, 3224

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3224
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ι) ΓΟΡΔΙΑ(ΝΙ) ΟΙΚΟΥ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας Γορδιάνια οἰκουμενικὰ ἔτους γʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) Γορδιάνι(α) οἰκου(μενικὰ) 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 25 mm
Average weight 8.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 861a–b; Bland 1991a, 15
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΓΟΡΔΙΑ (Ganschow 861b; Bland 1991a, 15) or ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΙ (Ganschow 861a; Bland 1991a, —).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18274495, Löbb. Bland 1991a, 15.1 = Ganschow 861b
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1302 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 618 = Ganschow 861a
3 3     Henseler 1303 = Ganschow 861b