RPC VII.2, 3241

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3241
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 240
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 858a; Bland 1991a, 5
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274490, I-B Bland 1991a, 5.1