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
Nominative Imperator 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
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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Henseler 1411