RPC VII.2, 3371

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3371
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 242
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β ΝΕ, ΕΤ Ε
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκοροῦ) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 5
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; to left and right, pellet
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.82 g
Axis 11
Reference Ganschow 897a–b; Bland 1991a, 65; Bland 1996, 65A
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 897a; Bland 1996, 65A) or ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 897b; Bland 1991a, 65).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 20198 Bland 1996, 65.2
2 2     Milan: 7320 Bland 1991a, 65.1
3 3     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1293 = Bland 1996, 65A
4 4     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1294 = Bland 1996, 65.3
5 5     Hess-Dietrich Auktion Tigurina, 27 Oct. 1988, lot 159 = Ganschow 897b