RPC VII.2, 3344

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3344
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 head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) 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 11.37 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 881c–f; Bland 1996, 110
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 881d; Bland 1996, 110), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 881c corr., 881e; Bland 1996, —) or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 881f; Bland 1996, —). Ganschow 881c, citing Henseler 1358, has the obv. legend ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ, but the obv. of the coin is die-identical with the specimen in O, which reads ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1953.171.1420 Bland 1996, 110.1
2 2     ✸ O: Walker
3 3     Henseler 1358 = Ganschow 881c corr.
4 4     Henseler 1359 = Ganschow 881f
5 5     Münzzentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 757
6 6     Savoca EA 91 Silver, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 500 = Ganschow 881d