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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ 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 5.58 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 894a–b; Bland 1996, 163–4
Specimens 12 (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

# Specimen 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
12 12     A.S. coll. = Demos 37, 12. Sept. 2024, lot 591