RPC VII.2, 3353


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3353
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 ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition	μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design	draped bust of Tyche, right; on her head, small view of Mount Argaeus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	10.74 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 890b–c; Bland 1996, 104–5; S 613k–l
Specimens	9 (5 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads either ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 890b; Bland 1996, 105; S 613l) or ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 890c; Bland 1996, 104; S 613k).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1979,0101.2721	SNG vA 6530 = Bland 1996, 105.1	24	9.66	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	L: 1920,0728.68	Weber 7820 = Bland 1996, 105.2 corr.	26	9.26	12		Show
3	3	P: 720	Bland 1996, 104.1	25	14.19	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4	B: 18274379, Fox	Bland 1996, 105.3	27	10.56	6		Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.62629	Bland 1996, 104.2	25	10.42	12		Show
6	6	Yale: 2001.87.12349	Ganschow 890b	25	12.48	6		Show
7	7		C. Rhodes coll.	25	10.28	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	8		Henseler 1384 = CNG 244 10 Nov. 2010, lot 592 = Ganschow 890b	27	9.53	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
9	9		Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 35, 6 Sept. 2015, lot 521 = Ganschow 890c	26	10.26			Show