RPC VII.2, 3340

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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
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 ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.96 g
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).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1895,0508.206 BMC 342 = Bland 1996, 118.1
2 2     G SNG 2281 = Bland 1996, 117.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62624 Bland 1996, 118.3
4 4     NY: 1953.171.1422 Bland 1996, 118.4
5 5     Anamur: 1.1214.91 SNG 424 = Ganschow 881o
6 6     Istanbul Gülek Boǧazi hoard 57 = Bland 1996, 119.1
7 7     Istanbul Gülek Boǧazi hoard 58 = Bland 1996, 118.5
8 8     Leeds-UL: 1582 Ganschow 881o
9 9     Milan: Brera 7321 Bland 1996, 118.2