RPC VII.2, 3226

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3226
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 240
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Γ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητρόπ(ολις) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) γʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation Metropolis of Caesarea, year 3, twice neocorate
Reverse design male figure seated left, on Mount Argaeus, holding branch and globe
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.43 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 859; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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