RPC VII.2, 3354

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design draped bust of Tyche, right; on her head, small view of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 890d; Bland 1996, 106
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

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