RPC VII.2, 3235

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3235
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 240
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, raising right hand, and holding eagle-headed pugio
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥ[Ϲ Γ], Β ΝΕ (in field)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 855e; Bland 1991a, 4
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This coin may be attributed to year 3 on the grounds of its obverse bust.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.166 Bland 1991a, 4.1