RPC VII.2, 3332

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3332
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 front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ ΕΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ΕΤ Δ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔντιχ(ιον) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, walled, twice neocorate, of year 4
Reverse design inscription in four 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 9.42 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 889a–b; Bland 1996, 139–40; S 612–13
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ (Ganschow 889a; Bland 1996, 139; S 612) or ΜΗΤΡ (Ganschow 889b; Bland 1996, 140; S 613).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1971,0101.1 Bland 1996, 139.1 corr.
2 2     ✸ L: 1975,0411.165 Bland 1996, 139.2
3 3     P: 726 Wa 6796 = Bland 1996, 140.1
4 4     B: 18274380, Löbb. ZgM p. 22, no. 77 = Bland 1996, 139.3
5 5     Cop SNG 306 = Bland 1996, 140.2
6 6     V: GR 31518 Bland 1996, 140.4
7 7     Florence ZgM p. 22, no. 76 = Bland 1996, 140.5
8 8     Istanbul Gülek Boǧazi hoard 59 = Bland 1996, 140.3
9 9     Winterthur: G 6753 GrMW III, 586 = Ganschow 889b
10 10     CGT coll. = Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 420 = Ganschow 889a
11 11     Henseler 1379 = Ganschow 889a
12 12     C. Rhodes coll. = Biga Numismatics EA 21, 24 June 2023, lot 592