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
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 front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ 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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.70 g
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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18274378, Löbb.
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1297
3 3     B. Michaux coll. = Numismad 9, 8 Sept. 2023, lot 1077