RPC VII.2, 3312

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3312
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 laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Β ΝΕ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Δ
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτους δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.06 g
Axis 1
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll.
2 2     Elsen 56, 18 Dec. 1998, lot 539
3 3     ✸ Private coll.