RPC VII.2, 3251

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3251
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 855c (corr.); Bland 1991a —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Ganschow lists Henseler 1297 as a silver tridrachm, but both it and the Berlin specimen appear to be made of bronze.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18274378, Löbb.
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1297
3 3     B. Michaux coll. = Numismad 9, 8 Sept. 2023, lot 1077