RPC VII.2, 3260

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3260
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 ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.99 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 868b–c; Bland 1991a, 27–8
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 868b; Bland 1991a, 28) or ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 868c; Bland 1991a, 27).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: Walker Bland 1991a, 27.1
2 2     CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 183 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 6, 4 Aug. 2013, lot 291 = Bruun Rasmussen, 12 Apr. 2020, lot 5048 = Ganschow 868b
3 3     Henseler 1308 = Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 443 = Ganschow 868b
4 4     Schulten 11 Apr. 1988, lot 605 = Bland 1991a, 28.1