RPC VII.2, 3236

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3236
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, holding spear over shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ[ΙΑϹ], ΕΤΟΥϹ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, year 3, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 855f; Bland 1991a, 3
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274492, Löbb. Bland 1991a, 3.1