RPC VII.2, 3303

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3303
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Και(σαρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.55 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 877k; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 877k
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 Oct. 2015, lot 337 = Ganschow 877k
3 3     Henseler 1347 = Ganschow 877k
4 4     ✸ Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2945 = Nomos 2, 14 June 2015, lot 400 = Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 360 = Ganschow 877k
5 5     VAuctions 330, 22 May 2018, lot 358 = Ganschow 877k