RPC VII.2, 3318

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3318
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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, ΕΤ Δ, Β ΝΕ (in field)
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους δʹ βʹ νεωκόρου μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) δʹ βʹ νε(ωκόρου)
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 4, twice neocorate
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.16 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ganschow 879c–d; Bland 1991a —
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend reads ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐ (Ganschow 879d) or ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ϹƐ (Ganschow 879c).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 879c
2 2     Bertolami EA 78, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 728 = Bertolami EA 77, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 1165 = Bertolami EA 101 17 July 2021, lot 1289 = Ganschow 879c
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 308, 7 Aug. 2013, lot 241 = Ganschow 879c
4 4     CNG EA 422, 13 June 2018, lot 405 = Ganschow 879c
5 5     Henseler 1356 = Ganschow 879b corr.
6 6     Henseler 1357 = Ganschow 879c
7 7     Hirsch 298, 7 May 2014, lot 734 = Hirsch 306, 2015, lot 2254 = Hirsch 293, 2013, lot 2938 = Hirsch 319, 2 May 2016, lot 667 = Ganschow 879c
8 8     Trade (London Ancient Coins, VCoins, Aug. 2020)