RPC VII.2, 3382


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3382 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VII.2
Number	3382
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Ϛ = 6
Dating	AD 243
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 899f; Bland 1996, 173.4; S 615a
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Verona	SNG 1847		7.08	11	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
2	2		CGT coll.	25	9.61	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3		Knopek 15, 1979, lot 440 = Bland 1996, 173.4		9.18		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4 ✸		Münzzentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 758	25	7.87		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show