RPC VII.2, 3362

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3362
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑ(Ι) Β Ν, Ε Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Και(σαρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔ(τους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design three ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.66 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 894a–b; Bland 1996, 163–4
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads either ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑ (Ganschow 894a; Bland 1996, 164) or ΜΗΤΡO ΚΑΙ (Ganschow 894b; Bland 1996, 163).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274405, Löbb. Bland 1996, 163.1
2 2     V: GR 27444 Bland 1996, 164.1
3 3     A JIAN 11 (1908), p. 271, no. 9 = Bland 1996, 163.2
4 4     Freiburg: 12201 Ganschow 894b
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics EA 3, 13 June 2021, lot 288
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 894a
7 7     CGT coll. = Ganschow 894b
8 8     Henseler 1387 = Ganschow 894b
9 9     London Ancient Coins 44, 15 July 2015, lot 141 = Ganschow 894b
10 10     Pandora Numismatics 1, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 424
11 11     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 28, 2 Mar. 2024, lot 361