RPC VII.2, 3286

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3286
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ganschow 875c; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (Ganschow 875c) or ΜΗΤΡΟ (Ganschow —).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 875c
2 2     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1015 = Ganschow 875c
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 6, 22 Feb. 2014, lot 288 = Ganschow 875c
4 4     ✸ Savoca EA 24 Silver, 29 July 2018, lot 185 = Ganschow 875c
5 5     VAuctions Triskeles Sale 28, 21 June 2019, lot 144 = Ganschow 875c