RPC VII.2, 3367

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3367
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 head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Και(σαρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design kalathos containing five ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 892; Bland 1996, 162; S 617c
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 34264 Bland 1996, 162.1
2 2     Leeds-UL: 1005
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 332
5 5     ✸ Henseler 1386
6 6     PHI Excavations Zeugma, p. 37, C171
7 7     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 3, 27 July 2022, lot 643
8 8     Pandora Numismatics 1, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 423