RPC VII.2, 3334


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3334 json ttl rdf xml
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
Nominative	Imperator 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
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
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

Number	Number	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.; on obverse)	Show
16	16		Trade (eBay, May 2021) = Ganschow 888o				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show