RPC VII.2, 3339

 

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Coin type
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).

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