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
Nominative Imperator 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
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
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