RPC VII.2, 3340


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3340
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 ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 881n–p; Bland 1996, 117–19; S 607, 613c
Specimens	9 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹA Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 881p; Bland 1996, 117; S 113e), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 881o; Bland 1996, 118; S 607, 613c) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 881n; Bland 1996, 119).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1895,0508.206	BMC 342 = Bland 1996, 118.1	25	11.22	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	G	SNG 2281 = Bland 1996, 117.1	28	11.65	6		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.62624	Bland 1996, 118.3	24	7.65	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4	NY: 1953.171.1422	Bland 1996, 118.4	25	9.32	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5	Anamur: 1.1214.91	SNG 424 = Ganschow 881o		11.80	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
6	6	Istanbul	Gülek Boǧazi hoard 57 = Bland 1996, 119.1		12.50	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7	Istanbul	Gülek Boǧazi hoard 58 = Bland 1996, 118.5		10.90	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	8	Leeds-UL: 1582	Ganschow 881o	30.2	13.69	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
9	9	Milan: Brera 7321	Bland 1996, 118.2	25	9.88	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show