RPC VII.2, 3338

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3338
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.20 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 881b; Bland 1996, 109
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ B N (Ganschow 881b; Bland 1996, 109), ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ B N (Ganschow —; Bland —) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow —; Bland —).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G SNG 2280
2 2     Anamur: 5.196.2004 SNG 425
3 3     Trade (Praefectus, VCoins, Aug. 2020)