RPC VII.2, 3394

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3394
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 243
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, Ε Ϛ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους ϛʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισ(αρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔ(τους) ϛʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 6
Reverse design turreted and veiled head Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.02 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 905; Bland 1996, 180
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18274421, Löbb. Bland 1996, 180.1
2 2     ✸ Peus 291, 30 Mar. 1997, lot 698 = Bland 1996, 180.2