RPC VII.2, 3284

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3284
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 head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισ(αρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.58 g
Axis 6
Reference Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ (Ganschow —; Bland —) or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (Ganschow —; Bland —)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = CNG EA 308, 7 Aug. 2013, lot 243
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 166
3 3     London Ancient Coins 37, 5 Sept. 2014, lot 266
4 4     Trade (Lanz, eBay, 2 Aug. 2013)
5 5     Trade (Savoca, eBay, 29 Mar. 2014)