Arrived this morning. Slightly porous surface GORDIAN III AR Drachm. Caesarea mint. ETDelta - Mount Argaeus. Obverse: AV KΔI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC C. Laureate head to right. Reverse: MHTPO KAIC B N. Mount Argaeus, pellet to left, ETΔ in exergue. Syd 603d Var. Caesarea (Cappadocia) mint, A.D. 241 (year 4). 2,7 g - 18 mm Please post your Gordians or Mt. Argaeus from different Emperors
ANTONIUS PIUS AR Didrachm OBVERSE: ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right REVERSE: YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139 AD 6.2g, 21mm Syd 301c
Here are my most recent additions: This is a rare variant, no pellets in the field: Province / City / Reign: Cappadocia, Caesarea - Gordian III Metal / Denomination: AR Drachm Issue: Year 4 (Δ) = 241 AD Obverse: Laureate head right, AY KAI M ANT ΓOΡΔIANO CE Reverse: Mount Argaeus, MHTΡO KAICA B N Ex: ETΔ Reference: Ganschow 875b; Bland 1991a --; RPC Online VII.2, 3283 Province / City / Reign: Cappadocia, Caesarea - Gordian III Metal / Denomination: AR Drachm Issue: Year 5 (E) = 242 AD Obverse: Laureate head right, AY K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANO C (slight double strike) Reverse: Mount Argaeus, pellet to right, MHTΡO KAI B N E Ex: ETE Reference: Ganschow 898a-c; Bland 1991a, 67; RPC Online VII.2, 3375