RPC VII.2, 3299

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3299
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; to left, pellet
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.74 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 876k; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 876k; Bland —) or ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow —; Bland —).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 876k
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1332 = Ganschow 876k
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 425