RPC VII.2, 3259

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3259
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ[ΑϹ], 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 24 mm
Average weight 9.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 867b; Bland 1991a, 21
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Seen at Baldwin's (D. R. Walker cast) = Bland 1991a, 21.1
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Hera 8, 18 June 2025, lot 367