RPC VII.2, 3363

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3363
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανό(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) 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 6.40 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 894c–d; Bland 1996, 165–6; S 609
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads either ΚΑΙ (Ganschow 894c; Bland 1996, 166; S 609) or ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 894d; Bland 1996, 165).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.388 BMC 344 = Bland 1996, 166.1
2 2     ✸ B: 18274404, Löbb. Bland 1996, 165.1
3 3     Henseler 1388 = Münzzentrum 135, 2007, lot 1021 = Ganschow 894c
4 4     Henseler 1389 = Vecchi 14, 1999, lot 831 = Ganschow 894d
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 27, 3 Feb. 2024, lot 433