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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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)
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
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

Number Number 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