RPC VII.2, 3240

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3240
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 855i; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Elsen 90, 9 Dec. 2006, lot 417
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1299 = CNG EA 313, 23 Oct. 2013, lot 177