RPC VII.2, 3342

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3342
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ 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 11.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 881g–h; Bland 1996, 107–8; S 606a, 613d
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 881g; Bland 1996, 107; S 613b), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 881h; Bland 1996, 108; S 606a), or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow —; Bland 1996, —).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 308 = Bland 1996, 108.1
2 2     NY: 1944.100.62628 Hess, 28 Apr. 1936, lot 216 = Bland 1996, 107.1
3 3     Zeus EA 21, 26 Dec. 2021, lot 562
4 4     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 21, 1 July 2023, lot 305