RPC VII.2, 3335

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3335
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο)(ΛΕΩϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ)(Ι)(Α)(Ϲ) ΕΝΤΙ(Χ)(Ι)(ΟΝ) Β Ν(Ε) ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἐντίχιον βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἐντίχιον βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of 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 25 mm
Average weight 9.53 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 888a–g; Bland 1996, 146–51; S 610 corr.
Specimens 24 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 8: same rev. die as 3333/1.
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐWϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν (Ganschow 888f; Bland 1996, 146), ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧΙON Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 888g; Bland 1996, 147), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙΧ Β Ν (Ganschow 888e; Bland 1996, 148; S 610 corr.), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΝΤΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 888d; Bland 1996, 149), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ƐΝΤΙΧI Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 888c; Bland 1996, 150) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ ƐΝΤΙΧΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 888a; Bland 1996, 151).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508,205 BMC 345 = Bland 1996, 148.2
2 2     P: 728 Bland 1996, 150.1
3 3     B: 18274400, 1878/593 Bland 1996, 146.2
4 4     B: 18274402, Löbb. Bland 1996, 147.2
5 5     B: 18274396, Fox Bland 1996, 148.1
6 6     B: 18274398, I-B ZgM p. 21, no. 72 = Bland 1996, 149.1
7 7     B: 18274399, Löbb. ZgM p. 22, no. 73 = Bland 1996, 148.5
8 8     B: 18274395, Löbb. ZgM p. 22, no. 74 = Bland 1996, 151.1
9 9     V: GR 20195 Bland 1996, 148.3
10 10     V: GR 20194 Bland 1996, 149.2
11 11     Bern: N/82.1806 Ganschow 888d
12 12     Boston: 63.949 Hesperia Art Bulletin 25, 1963, 184 = Bland 1996, 147.1
13 13     Brussels: 55555 Bland 1996, 148.4
14 14     V-ON SNG Leypold 2814 = Ganschow 888e
15 15     B. Michaux collection = Ganschow 888a
16 16     CGT coll. = Ganschow 888g
17 17     CNG 203, 28 Jan. 2008, 349 = Ganschow 888e
18 18     Henseler 1374 = Grün 18, 1996, lot 268 = Ganschow 888c
19 19     ✸ Henseler 1375 = Ganschow 888f = Myers, FPL 1972, lot 113 = Bland 1996, 146.1
20 20     Henseler 1376 = Ganschow 888g
21 21     Savoca Blue 3, 25 Nov. 2017, lot 596 = Ganschow 888f
22 22     Trade (Biga Numismatiek, Vcoins, Aug. 2020) = Ganschow 888f
23 23     Trade (Forum Ancient Coins, 2020) = Ganschow 888c
24 24     Trade (London Ancient Coins, VCoins, May 2021) = Ganschow 888e