RPC VII.2, 3239

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3239
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, 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 25 mm
Average weight 8.64 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 855d; Bland 1991a, 2
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 715 Bland 1991a, 2.4
2 2     B: 18274493, Löbb. Bland 1991a, 2.1
3 3     B: 18274494, Löbb. Bland 1991a, 2.2
4 4     O: Walker Bland 1991a, 2.3
5 5     V: GR 37299 Bland 1991a, 2.5
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 8, 20 Feb. 2022, lot 486
7 7     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 617
8 8     CNG EA 247, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 231
9 9     Henseler 1298 = Giessener Münzhandlung 104, 2000, lot 745 = Giessener Münzhandlung 95, 1999, lot 603
10 10     ✸ M&M AG 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 672 = Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, lot 701 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1189
11 11     Nomos obolos 2, 14 June 2015, lot 395
12 12     Numismatic Fine Arts MBS 12 Oct. 1988, lot 1000 = Spink N Circular Dec. 1993, lot 8387 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1056 = Bland 1991a 2.6