RPC VII.2, 3248

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3248
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 240
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, Β ΝΕ, ΕΤ(ΟΥϹ) Γ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους γʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτους γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 3
Reverse design draped bust of Tyche, right; on her head, small view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 862; Bland 1991a, 18; S 600 (incorrectly described as a didrachm)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ƐΤΟΥϹ Γ (Ganschow 862; Bland 1991a, 18; S 600) or ƐΤ Γ (Ganschow —; Bland 1991a, —).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1853,0512.214 BMC 340 = Bland 1991a, 18.1
2 2     Markov Fernauktion 9, 14 Dec. 2000, lot 102