RPC VII.2, 3382

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισ(αρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 6
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.44 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 899f; Bland 1996, 173.4; S 615a
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Verona SNG 1847
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Knopek 15, 1979, lot 440 = Bland 1996, 173.4
4 4     ✸ Münzzentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 758