RPC VII.2, 3255

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3255
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρ(ίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.46 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 866c–d; Bland 1991a, 34–5
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 866c; Bland 1991a, 35) or ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 866d; Bland 1991a, 34).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 716 Bland 1991a, 35.1
2 2     Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 2003, lot 509
3 3     CNG EA 322, 12 Mar. 2014, lot 474 = CNG EA 287, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 307 = Ganschow 866c
4 4     Glendining, 12 Oct. 1992, lot 239 = Bland 1991a, 34.1
5 5     Henseler 1305 = Ganschow 866d
6 6     Naumann 92, 2 Aug. 2020, lot 613 = Ganschow 866d