RPC VII.2, 3247

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3247
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, left, seen from front, holding spear over shoulder and shield (decorated with figure standing left, holding spear, crowned by Nike)
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 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, lot 322