RPC VII.2, 3276

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3276
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸ(ς) 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 ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Β ΝΕ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτους δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, to left, star; to right, crescent
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.70 g
Reference Ganschow 874b (corr.); Bland 1991a, —
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