RPC VII.2, 3334

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3334
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)(Ο)(ΛΕ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(ΑϹ) ΕΝΤΙ(Χ)(Ι)(ΟΝ) Β Ν(Ε) ΕΤ Δ
Edition mητροπόλε(ως) Καισαρίας ἐντίχιον βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, walled, twice neocorate, of year 4
Reverse design inscription in five lines within wreath; view of Mount Argaeus in centre of first line of inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.34 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 888h–q; Bland 1996, 152–4, 156–9; S 610a corr., 610b, 611
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧΙΟΝ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 888q; Bland 1996, 152; S 611),ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β Ν (Ganschow —; Bland —); ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ƐΤ Δ (Ganschow —; Bland —), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν (Ganschow 888o; Bland 1996, 153; S 610b), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 888n; Bland 1996, 154; S 610a corr.), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 888m; Bland 1996, 155), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 888l; Bland 1996, 156), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 888i; Bland 1996, 157), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 888k; Bland 1996, 158) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ ƐΝΤΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 888h; Bland 1996, 159).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 727 Bland 1996, 154.1
2 2     B: 18274401, Löbb. ZgM p. 22, no. 75 = Bland 1996, 152.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62622 Bland 1996, 154.2
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62630 Bland 1996, 158.1
5 5     O: Milne, Nicolaides, Smyrna, April 1911 Bland 1996, 156.1
6 6     ✸ V: GR 20193 Bland 1996, 159.1
7 7     Adana Cox, p. 58, 231 = Bland 1996, 154.3
8 8     Istanbul Gülek Boǧazi hoard 62 = Bland 1996, 157.1
9 9     V-ON SNG Leypold 2815
10 10     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 888q
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     Henseler 1377 = SNG vA 6526 = Bland 1996, 153.1
13 13     Henseler 1378 = Ganschow 888q
14 14     Lindgren I, 1726 = Bland 1996, 15
15 15     Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 492 = Ganschow 888n
16 16     Trade (eBay, May 2021) = Ganschow 888o