RPC VII.2, 3283

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3283
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 ϹƐ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, r.
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν(Ɛ), ƐΤ Δ
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal Silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 875b; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads Β Ν (Ganschow 875b) or Β ΝƐ (Ganschow —).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1317
3 3     Hirsch 306, 12 Feb. 2015, lot 2258 = Hirsch 298, 7 May 2014, lot 738 = Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2944 = Hirsch 319, 2 May 2016, lot 670 = Hirsch 326, 16 Feb. 2017, lot 2082 = Hirsch 332, 20 Sept. 2017, lot 2607 = Hirsch 338, 9 May 2918, lot 760 = Hirsch 357, 18 June 2020, 602