RPC VII.2, 3246

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3246
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (between the towers)
Reverse design two towers with small view of Mount Argaeus above
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 863a–b; Bland 1991a, 14; S 599 corr.
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (Ganschow 863a; Bland 1991a, 14.1) or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ (Ganschow 863b; Bland 1991a, 14.2; S 599 corr).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1986,0845.2 Bland 1991a, 14.2 = Ganschow 863a
2 2     P: 1965.931 Seyrig coll. = Bland 14.2 = Ganschow 863b
3 3     B: 18274489, B-I GRMK p. 231, no. 3 and pl. 8, 18 = Bland 1991a, 14.1 = Ganschow 863b