RPC VII.2, 3394

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 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 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

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