RPC VII.2, 3245

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3245
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (between the towers)
Reverse design two towers with small view of Mount Argaeus above
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 863c; Bland 1991a, 13; S 600d
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.73347 Bland 1991a, 13.1