RPC VII.2, 3354

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3354
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design draped bust of Tyche, right; on her head, small view of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.41 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 890d; Bland 1996, 106
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1911.87.25 Bland 1996, 106.1
2 2     O: Milne Bland 1996, 106.2
3 3     Winterthur: G 6752 GrMW III, 585
4 4     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 968
5 5     CNG EA 398, 31 May 2017, lot 431
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Rönesans 5, 13 Oct. 2023, lot 724