RPC VII.2, 3266

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3266
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ(Ϲ) ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ Δ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτους δʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 4, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.62 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 869b–c; Bland 1991a, 20 and 22
Specimens 35 (8 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend reads ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ϹƐ (Ganschow 869b; Bland 1991a, —) or ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐ (Ganschow 869c; Bland 1991a, 20, 22).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1151 SNG vA 6525 = Bland 1991a, 20.2
2 2     P: 718 Bland 1991a, 20.6
3 3     G SNG 2279 = Bland 1991a, 20.1
4 4     Mu Bland 1991a, 20.3
5 5     NY: 1911.87.24 Bland 1991a, 20.4
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72305 Bland 1991a, 20.5
7 7     NY: 1944.100.72311 Bland 1991a, 22.1
8 8     NY: 1911.87.38 Bland 1991a, 22.2
9 9     Yale: 2012.2.2 VAuctions 271, 13 Oct. 2011, lot 43 = Ganschow 869c
10 10     CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1167 = Ganschow 869c
11 11     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 620 = Ganschow 869c
12 12     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 621 = Ganschow 869c
13 13     ✸ CNG Coin Shop 869825 = Ganschow 869b
14 14     CNG Coin Shop 869836 = Ganschow 869b
15 15     CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 362 = Ganschow 869c
16 16     CNG EA 242, 13 Oct. 2010, lot 104 = Ganschow 869c
17 17     CNG EA 243, 27 Oct. 2010, lot 261 = Ganschow 869c
18 18     CNG EA 246, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 221 = CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 235 = Ganschow 869c
19 19     CNG EA 257, 8 June 2011, lot 278
20 20     CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 239 = Ganschow 869c
21 21     CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 223 = Ganschow 869b
22 22     CNG EA 305, 26 June 2013, lot 208 = Ganschow 869c
23 23     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1291 = Ganschow 869c
24 24     Empire Coins 8, 7 Dec. 1987, lot 247 = Bland 1991a, 20.7
25 25     Gorny & Mosch 10 Oct. 2010, lot 2245 = Ganschow 869b
26 26     Gorny & Mosch 5 Mar. 2012, 1865 = Ganschow 869c
28 28     Henseler 1312 = Ganschow 869c
29 29     Kress 181, 10 Nov. 1981, lot 1300 = Henseler 1313 = Ganschow 869c
30 30     Lanz 146, 25 May 2009, lot 567 = Lanz 153, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 534 = Ganschow 869b
31 31     Lanz 32, 29 Apr. 1985, lot 745 = Bland 1991a, 20.8
32 32     Malloy 31, 26 Oct. 1990, 415 = CNG 28, 29 Sept. 1993, 1277 = CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1168 = Ganschow 869c
33 33     Nomos obolos 2, 14 June 2015, lot 399 = Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 495 = Ganschow 869c
34 34     Private coll. = Ganschow 869c
35 35     VAuctions 254, 28 Oct. 2010, lot 45 = Ganschow 869b
36 36     VAuctions 309, 10 July 2014, lot 98 = Ganschow 869c