RPC VII.2, 3249

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3249
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 ΓΟΡΔ[ΙΑΝΟϹ 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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ[ΑΡΙΑϹ], ΕΤΟ[ΥϹ Γ], Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, year 3, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus, star above
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.96 g
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The regnal year is illegible, but the style seems to suggest year 3 rather than years 4 or 5.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1290