RPC VII.2, 3285

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3285
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.35 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 875a; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ (Ganschow 875a) or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (Ganschow —).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll.
2 2     ✸ S. Oberc coll., ex CNG Trition XXVII session 6, lot 6740 (part) = Emporium Hamburg 78, 25 Apr. 2017, lot 323
3 3     Henseler 1316 = Ganschow 875a