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Image of specimen #18 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3339 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VII.2 |
Number | 3339 |
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 front |
Reverse inscription | ΜΗΤΡΟ 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 | 11.13 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 11, 12 |
Reference | Ganschow 881k–m; Bland 1996, 111–12, 114 |
Specimens | 31 (9 in the core collections) |
Note | Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 881k; Bland 1996, 112); ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹA Β Ν (Ganschow 881l; Bland 1996, 111) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 881m; Bland 114). |