RPC VII.2, 3333

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3333
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΕΝΤΙΧΙ Β Ν ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἐντίχιον βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) ἐντίχι(ον) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, walled, twice neocorate, of year 4
Reverse design inscription in five lines within wreath; view of Mount Argaeus in centre of first line of inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.91 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 904 corr.; Bland 1996 —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 3335/8.
Note Ganschow reads this as year 6 (Ϛ), but see the die-link with a coin on which the date (Δ) is clear.
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