RPC VII.2, 3238

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3238
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition 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 28 mm
Average weight 8.16 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a, —; S 600c
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3258/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 250