RPC VII.2, 3284

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3284
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ (Ganschow —; Bland —) or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (Ganschow —; Bland —)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = CNG EA 308, 7 Aug. 2013, lot 243
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 166
3 3     London Ancient Coins 37, 5 Sept. 2014, lot 266
4 4     Trade (Lanz, eBay, 2 Aug. 2013)
5 5     Trade (Savoca, eBay, 29 Mar. 2014)