RPC VII.2, 3257

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3257
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ [ ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἄντωνιος Γορδιανὸς --- Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἄντ(ωνιος) Γορδιανὸς [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, holding Nike on globe in right hand
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Δ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους δʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτους δʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 4, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.20 g
Axis 11
Reference Ganschow 867c; Bland 1991a —
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 22, 28 Nov. 2015, lot 406