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Æ25 - Gordian III ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΕΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ΕΤ Δ

Features

Issuer Caesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus) (238-244)
Empress Tranquillina (Furia Sabina Tranquillina) (241-244)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 241
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.31 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
549147
References RPC Online VII.2# 3355
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right

Lettering: ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ

Translation: Sabinia Tranquillina

Reverse

Inscription in four lines within wreath; bust of Tyche right in centre of first two lines of inscription

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΕΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ΕΤ Δ

Unabridged legend: μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἐντίχιον βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ

Translation: of the metropolis Caesarea, walled, twice neocorate, of year 4

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

Ganschow 915a–b; Bland 1996, 144–5; S 617d

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ND (241) 

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