RPC VII.2, 3256

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3256
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Δ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ganschow 867a; Bland 1991a, 19
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.72309 Bland 1991a, 19.1
2 2     Tübingen SNG 4699
3 3     ✸ Henseler 1307 = Nomos obolos 2, 14 June 2015, lot 398