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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor 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)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) γʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation metropolis of Caesarea, year 3, twice neocorate
Reverse design two towers with small view of Mount Argaeus above
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.35 g
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

# Specimen 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