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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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