RPC VII.2, 3383


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3383 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VII.2
Number	3383
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Ϛ = 6
Dating	AD 243
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ 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 Ν, ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Axis	5, 11
Reference	Ganschow 899e; Bland 1996, 174
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18274409	Bland 1996, 174.1	26	9.35	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2 ✸	V: GR 38710	Bland 1996, 174.2	24	11.00	5	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3		B. Michaux coll.	27	10.11	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show