RPC VII.2, 3252

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3252
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝΕ, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 866a; Bland 1991a, 25
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72304 Bland 1991a, 25.1
2 2     Ceresio 26 Sept. 1987, lot 311