RPC VII.2, 3345

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3345
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑ[ΝΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΝΤΙ, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας βʹ νεωκόρου ἐντίχιον ἔτους δʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισ(αρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἐντί(χιον) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, walled, of year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.13 g
Axis 11
Reference Ganschow p. 353; Bland 1996, 127
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This coin is worn and some of the details of its description are not clear, but there do seem to be traces of a radiate crown. The coin could have been struck in Year 6.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274386, Knobelsdorff Bland 1996, 127.1