RPC VII.2, 3300


Image of specimen #14

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3300
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Δ = 4
Dating	AD 241
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition	μητροπ(όλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation	of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus; to left, pellet
Metal	silver
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	3.21 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 876l–m; Bland 1991a, 56
Specimens	21 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 876l; Bland 1991a, 56; S 603d), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 876m; Bland 1991a, —), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow —; Bland 1991a —).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Mu	Ganschow 876l = Bland 1991a, 56.1	17	3.09	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.72312	Ganschow 876l = Bland 1991a, 56.2	17	3.06	12		Show
3	3	O: Walker	Ganschow 876l = Bland 1991a, 56.3	18	2.67	12		Show
4	4		CGT coll. = Ganschow 876l	17	3.54	12		Show
5	5		CGT coll. = Ganschow 876l	18	3.48	12		Show
6	6		CGT coll. = Ganschow 876l	18	3.20	12		Show
7	7		CGT coll.= Ganschow 876l	18	3.48	12		Show
8	8		CGT coll.= Ganschow 876l	17	3.47	12		Show
9	9		CGT coll.= Ganschow 876l	17	3.16	12		Show
10	10		CGT coll.= Ganschow 876l	20	2.92	6		Show
11	11		CGT coll.= Ganschow 876l	18	2.90	12		Show
12	12		CGT coll.= Ganschow 876l	17	2.61	12		Show
13	13		Henseler 1333 = Ganschow 876l	17	2.96	12		Show
14	14 ✸		Henseler 1334 = Ganschow 876m	18	3.45	6		Show
15	15		London Ancient Coins 44, 15 July 2015, lot 140 = Ganschow 876l	17	3.80	12		Show
16	16		London Ancient Coins M, 20 May 2014, lot 151 = Ganschow 876l	17	3.26	6		Show
17	17		Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 461	18.1	3.55			Show
18	18		Private coll. = Ganschow 876l	18.5	3.17	11		Show
19	19		Roma Numismatics EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 713 = Roma Numismatics EA 3, 25 Oct. 2018, lot 539= Ganschow 876l	18	3.13	12		Show
20	20		Trade (Lanz, eBay, 11 Feb. 2014)				ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν	Show
21	21		Trade (Numismatika, eBay, 26 Apr. 2014)				ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ	Show