RPC VII.2, 3319

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3319
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Δ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 7, 10, 12
Reference Ganschow 878a; Bland 1991a, 43
Specimens 18 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Walker Bland 1991a, 43.1
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Classical Numismatic Review 17, 3 (1992), 440
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 277
8 8     Henseler 1348
9 9     Henseler 1349
10 10     Private coll.
11 11     Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 310
12 12     Roma EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 428
13 13     Roma Numismatics EA 5, 1 Feb. 2014, lot 508
14 14     Roma Numismatics EA 7, 26 Apr. 2014, lot 1025
15 15     Trade (Athena Coins, VCoins, May 2021)
16 16     Trade (Savoca, eBay, 30 Mar. 2014)
17 17     VAuctions 312, 28 Oct. 2014, lot 318
18 18     VAuctions 316, 19 May 2015, lot 319