RPC VII.2, 3351


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Coin type
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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).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: 18274383	Bland 1996, 123.1	26	11.04	12		Show
2	2	Mu: 118	Bland 1996, 125.1	26	10.58	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	Mu: 117	Bland 1996, 126.1	26	8.50	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4	Bern: N/82.1804	SNG Righetti 1804 = Ganschow 883c	26.8	10.93	10		Show
5	5	Bern: N/82.1805	SNG Righetti 1805 = Ganschow 885a	24.8	9.35	11	Obv.: GIC 12 (Helios (?), radiate head r. or l.)	Show
6	6	Dresden: AAC 3072	Ganschow 883c		9.03	12		Show
7	7	Tübingen	SNG 4704 = Ganschow 885a		9.82	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	8		CGT coll. = Ganschow 883c	28	11.77	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
9	9		CGT coll. = Ganschow 883c	26	10.49	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
10	10		CGT coll. = Ganschow 885a	26	12.48	12		Show
11	11		CGT coll. = Ganschow 885a	25	8.89	12		Show
12	12		CGT coll. = Ganschow —	26	8.71	12	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ … ƐΝΤΙ	Show
13	13		CNG, Triton 13, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1394, C75 = Ganschow 883c		8.40	11		Show
14	14		Hirsch 81, 22 Feb. 1994, lot 815 = Hirsch 185, 15 Feb. 1995, lot 1234 = Bland 1996, 126.2	25			Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	15		Kricheldorf 30, 5 Apr. 1976, lot 254 = Bland 1996, 124.1	26				Show