RPC VII.2, 3254


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3254
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) 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	9.39 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 866e–g; Bland 1991a, 32–3
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 866e; Bland 1991a, —), ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 866f; Bland 1991a, 33) or ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 866g; Bland 1991a, 32).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18274503, Löbb.	Bland 1991a, 32.1	25	9.38	11	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
2	2	O: Milne, ex Nicolaides, Smyrna, 1911	Bland 1991a, 33.1	25	9.43	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
3	3 ✸		CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 291 = Ganschow 866g	25.3		12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
4	4		CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 238 = Ganschow 866f	23	9.66	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
5	5		Henseler 1306 = Ganschow 866e	22	9.10	6	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show