RPC VII.2, 3261


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3261
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Δ = 4
Dating	AD 241
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition	μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus; above, wreath
Metal	silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	8.67 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 868h–i; Bland 1991a, 29–30
Specimens	10 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 868h; Bland 30) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 868i; Bland 29).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18274501, Fox	Bland 1991a, 31.1	22	6.72	12	Rev.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
2	2	NY: 1953.171.1659	Bland 1991a, 29.1	22	8.65	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
3	3	NY: 1953.171.1661	Bland 1991a, 30.1	25	8.63	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
4	4	V: GR 20182	Bland 1991a, 29.2	22	9.35	6		Show
5	5		CGT coll. = Ganschow 868h	23	9.14	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
6	6 ✸		CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 331 = Ganschow 868h	23	8.28	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
7	7		CNG EA 283, 25 July 2012, lot 179 = Ganschow 868d	24	8.96	6	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
8	8		Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1100 = Nomos obolos 18, 21 Feb. 2021, 644 = Giessener Münzhandlung 31, 24 Apr. 1985, lot 388 = Ganschow 868h	23	9.58	12		Show
9	9		Henseler 1309 = Ganschow 868i	23	8.72	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
10	10		Pecunem Gitbud Numismatik 1, 11 Dec. 2016, lot 98 = Ganschow 868h	23	8.67			Show