RPC VII.2, 3337

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3337
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 ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.95 g
Axis 11
Reference Ganschow 881i; Bland 1996 —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Elsen 67, 2001, lot 868 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1057
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Rex Numismatics 26, 18 Sept. 2025, lot 810