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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor 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)
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 26 mm
Average weight 8.26 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —
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