RPC VII.2, 3243

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3243
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 ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβασ(τός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) γʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation metropolis of Caesarea, year 3, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.98 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 858c; Bland 1991a, 6; S 600a
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 303 = Bland 1991a, 6.1
2 2     ✸ B. Michaux coll.