RPC VII.2, 3341

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3341
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ 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 25 mm
Average weight 11.48 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 881q–r; Bland 1996, 114–16; S 608
Specimens 16 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 881r; Bland 1996, 114; S 608) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 881q; Bland 1996, 115–16).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.331 BMC 343 = Bland 1996, 114.4
2 2     B: 18274391, 1845/5143 Bland 1996, 114.2
3 3     ✸ B: 18274392, Löbb. Bland 1996, 114.3
4 4     Cop SNG 309 = Bland 1996, 116.1
5 5     Istanbul Gülek Boǧazi hoard 56 = Bland 1996, 114.6
6 6     Tübingen SNG 4701 = Ganschow 881q
7 7     CGT coll. = Ganschow 881q
8 8     CGT coll. = Ganschow 881q
9 9     Henseler 1361 = Ganschow 881q
10 10     Henseler 1362 = Grün 18, 1996, lot 26 = Emporium 11, 1987, lot 259 = Ganschow 881r
11 11     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 812 = Bland 1996, 114.5
12 12     Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 780 = Savoca Blue 87, 17 Oct. 2020, lot 1187 = Ganschow 881r
13 13     Private coll., Oslo = Bland 1996, 115.2
14 14     SNG vA 6529 = Bland 1996, 115.1
15 15     B. Michaux coll. = Biga 30, 14 Apr. 2024, lot 402
16 16     TMC coll.