RPC VII.2, 3253

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3253
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition 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 24 mm
Average weight 8.70 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 866b; Bland 1991a, 26
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev.: B NƐ (Ganschow 866b; Bland 1991a, 26); B N (Ganschow —, Bland —)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 304 = Bland 1991a, 26.1 = Ganschow 866b
2 2     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud Numismatik 1, 11 Dec. 2016, lot 99 = Münzzentrum 184, 16 May 2018, lot 332