RPC VII.2, 3348


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Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3348
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 head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΝΤ(Ι), ΕΤ Δ
Edition	Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔντι(χιον) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, walled, of year 4
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	9.81 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 883a, 884a; Bland 1996, 121–2; S 615c corr., 613h–i
Specimens	20 (8 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883a; Bland 1996, 121; S 615c corr.) or ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ƐΝΤΙ (Ganschow 884a; Bland 1996, 122; S 613h–i).

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18274411, Löbb.	Bland 1996, 121.1	26	9.86	11		Show
2	2	B: 18274385, Rauch	Bland 1996, 122.1	25	9.55	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	B: 18274387, Löbb.	Bland 1996, 122.2	25	9.72	12		Show
4	4	G	SNG 2282 = Bland 1996, 121.2	27	10.28	6		Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.62625	Bland 1996, 122.3	25	9.31	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
6	6	NY: 1953.171.1415	Bland 1996, 122.4	26	11.01	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.62627	Bland 1996, 122.5	26	8.93	12		Show
8	8 ✸	V: GR 29130	Bland 1996, 121.4	25	9.35	12		Show
9	9	Anamur: 1.1693.91	SNG 426 = Ganschow 884a		9.10	12		Show
10	10	Istanbul	Gülek Boǧazi hoard 55 = Bland 1996, 122.8		9.80	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
11	11	Mu-PS: 4077	Bland 1996, 121.3	26				Show
12	12		CGT coll. = Ganschow 884a	25	9.44	6		Show
13	13		CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 590 = Ganschow 884a	25.2	9.10	12		Show
14	14		CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 344 = Kuenker 32, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 96 = Ganschow 884a	25	11.51	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	15		Colosseum 27, 2 Sept. 1987, lot 130 = Bland 1996, 122.7	25				Show
16	16		Henseler 1368 = Schulman, New York, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott), lot 2411 = SKA Bern, 1, 22 Apr. 1983, lot 410 = Lanz 32, 29 Apr. 1985, lot 746 = SKA 50, 1986, lot 101 = CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 591 = Bland 1996, 122.6	25	12.07			Show
17	17		Henseler 1369 = Ganschow 884a	27	10.25	12		Show
18	18		Themis7, 27 June 2020, 665		9.28		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
19	19		B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 21, 1 July 2023, lot 298	25	11.20		Obv.: GIC 12 (Helios (?), radiate head r. or l.)	Show
20	20	Bochum: M 3244		25	6.79	12		Show