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]
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus, star above
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1290