RPC VII.2, 3334


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Coin type
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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).

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Specimens of this coin type

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 727	Bland 1996, 154.1	26	10.01	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	B: 18274401, Löbb.	ZgM p. 22, no. 75 = Bland 1996, 152.1	25	8.87	11		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.62622	Bland 1996, 154.2	27	10.18	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.62630	Bland 1996, 158.1	27	12.44	12		Show
5	5	O: Milne, Nicolaides, Smyrna, April 1911	Bland 1996, 156.1	25	9.38	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
6	6 ✸	V: GR 20193	Bland 1996, 159.1	25	10.55	12		Show
7	7	Adana	Cox, p. 58, 231 = Bland 1996, 154.3					Show
8	8	Istanbul	Gülek Boǧazi hoard 62 = Bland 1996, 157.1		10.05	12	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β ΝƐ ƐΤ [Δ]	Show
9	9	V-ON	SNG Leypold 2815		9.65		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; Μ-Η/ΤΡΟΠΟΛƐ / ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ/ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν / ƐΤ Δ	Show
10	10		B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 888q	27	11.90	11		Show
11	11		C. Rhodes coll.	25	11.43	11	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β Ν ƐΤ Δ	Show
12	12		Henseler 1377 = SNG vA 6526 = Bland 1996, 153.1	27	10.19		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
13	13		Henseler 1378 = Ganschow 888q	26	10.70	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
14	14		Lindgren I, 1726 = Bland 1996, 15		7.62		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	15		Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 492 = Ganschow 888n	25.3	11.82		Obv.: GIC 12ii (Helios (?), radiate head l.)	Show
16	16		Trade (eBay, May 2021) = Ganschow 888o				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show