RPC VII.2, 3349

 

Image of specimen #31

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3349
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο)(Π) ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΝ(Τ)(Ι)(Χ), ΕΤ Δ
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισ(αρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔντιχ(ιον) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, walled, of year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 882, 883f–g, 884c, 885b–d, 886; Bland 1996, 128–34; S 607b, 613g corr., 613j
Specimens 57 (17 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ...ƐΝ (Ganschow 882; Bland 1996, —), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙ[ ]...ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885d; Bland 1996, 128; S 607b), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883g; Bland 1996, 129), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885c; Bland 1996, 130; S 613g corr.), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΧ (Ganschow 886; Bland 1996, 131), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΙ (Ganschow 884c; Bland 1996, 132; S 613j), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883f; Bland 1996, 133) or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885b; Bland 1996, 134).

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