RPC VII.2, 3331


Image of specimen #12

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3331
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	ΜΗΤΡ(ΟΠ) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) ΕΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ΕΤ(Ο) Δ
Edition	Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔντιχ(ιον) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτο(υς) δʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, walled, twice neocorate, of year 4
Reverse design	inscription in four (or five) lines within wreath; bust of Tyche right in centre of first two lines of inscription
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	9.43 g
Axis	6, 10, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 889c–g; Bland 1996, 141–3
Specimens	19 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹA ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ƐΤ Δ (Ganschow 889d, 889f–g; Bland 1996, 141), ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ƐΤΟ Δ (Ganschow 889c; Bland 1996, 142) or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ƐΤ Δ (Ganschow 889e; Bland 1996, 143).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18274382, Rauch	Bland 1996, 142.1	26	9.16	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	B: 18274403, 1914/734	Bland 1996, 142.2	26	8.96	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	B: 18274381, I-B	ZgM p. 22, no. 76 = Bland 1996, 141.1 = Ganschow 889d	25	9.24	11		Show
4	4	V-ON	SNG Leypold 2816 = Ganschow 889c		8.70	12		Show
5	5		B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 889e	26	9.55	10		Show
6	6		CGT coll. = Ganschow 889e	25	9.96	6		Show
7	7		CNG 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 350 = Ganschow — = Bland —		9.46	12		Show
8	8		CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1016 = Ganschow 889f	26.7	9.95			Show
9	9		Henseler 1380 = Ganschow 889c	25	9.40	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
10	10		Henseler 1381 = Ganschow 889e	25	9.07	12		Show
11	11		Henseler 1382 = Ganschow 889f	25	9.37	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
12	12 ✸		Henseler 1383 = Naumann 51, 5 Mar 2017, lot 375 = Ganschow 889g	24	10.72	11		Show
13	13		Hirsch 250, 8 May 2007, lot 1013 = Ganschow 889f	27			Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
14	14		Naumann 72, 2 Dec. 2018, lot 334 = Ganschow 889c	26	10.48		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	15		Roma 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2465 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 627 = Ganschow 889c	26	9.38	12		Show
16	16		Savoca EA 26 Silver, 14 Oct. 2018, lot 333 = Ganschow 889c	21	9.09			Show
17	17		SNG vA 6527 = Bland 1996, 143.1	24	9.30			Show
18	18		B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10 June 2023, lot 640	24	9.20			Show
19	19		C. Rhodes coll.	27	8.71	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show