RPC VII.2, 3317

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3317
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Δ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους δʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) δʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 4, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.95 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 879a; Bland 1991a, 54
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Henseler 1355
2 2     Hirsch 163, 27 Sept. 1989, lot 1154 = Bland 1991a, 54.1
3 3     Hirsch 253, 27 Sept. 2007, lot 2651 = Nomos obolos 2, 14 June 2015, lot 403
4 4     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 623