RPC VII.2, 3348


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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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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	μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας βʹ νεωκόρου ἐντίχιον ἔτους δʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἐντί(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	21 (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

#	Specimen	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
21	21		TMC coll.	25.2	9.90			Show