RPC VII.2, 3351

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3351
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΝΤ(ΙΧ), ΕΤ Δ
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισα(ρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔντιχ(ιον) 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 26 mm
Average weight 10.00 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 883b–e, 885a; Bland 1996, 123–6
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ … ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883e; Bland 1996, 123), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ … ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883d; Bland 1996, 124), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ … ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883c; Bland 1996, —), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ … ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883b; Bland 1996, 125), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ … ƐΝΤΙ (Ganschow —; Bland —) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ … ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885a; Bland 1996, 126).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274383 Bland 1996, 123.1
2 2     Mu: 118 Bland 1996, 125.1
3 3     Mu: 117 Bland 1996, 126.1
4 4     Bern: N/82.1804 SNG Righetti 1804 = Ganschow 883c
5 5     Bern: N/82.1805 SNG Righetti 1805 = Ganschow 885a
6 6     Dresden: AAC 3072 Ganschow 883c
7 7     Tübingen SNG 4704 = Ganschow 885a
8 8     CGT coll. = Ganschow 883c
9 9     CGT coll. = Ganschow 883c
10 10     CGT coll. = Ganschow 885a
11 11     CGT coll. = Ganschow 885a
12 12     CGT coll. = Ganschow —
13 13     CNG, Triton 13, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1394, C75 = Ganschow 883c
14 14     Hirsch 81, 22 Feb. 1994, lot 815 = Hirsch 185, 15 Feb. 1995, lot 1234 = Bland 1996, 126.2
15 15     Kricheldorf 30, 5 Apr. 1976, lot 254 = Bland 1996, 124.1