RPC VII.2, 3240


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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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
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	radiate, 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	23 mm
Average weight	9.58 g
Axis	12
Reference	Ganschow 855i; Bland 1991a —
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Elsen 90, 9 Dec. 2006, lot 417	23	7.92		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
2	2 ✸				Henseler 1299 = CNG EA 313, 23 Oct. 2013, lot 177	23	11.23	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show