RPC VII.2, 3373

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3373
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 242
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β ΝΕ, ΕΤ Ε
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκοροῦ) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 5
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; to left and right, pellet
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.65 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 897f–g; Bland 1991a, 61–2
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 897g; Bland 1991a, 61) or ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 897f; Bland 1991a, 62).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 729 Bland 1991a, 62.1
2 2     B: 18274515, 1920/773 Bland 1991a, 62.1
3 3     O: Walker Bland 1991a, 61.1
4 4     B. Michaux coll. = Bertolami EA 105, 21 Oct. 2021, lot 2417
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 897f
6 6     CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 410 = Ganschow 897f
7 7     CNG EA 95, 4 Aug. 2004, lot 99 = CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1292a = Ganschow 897f
8 8     ✸ CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1292b = VAuctions 223, 5 Mar. 2009, lot 65 = Ganschow 897f
9 9     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1295 = Ganschow 897g
10 10     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1296a = Henseler 1390 = Ganschow 897g
11 11     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1296b = Henseler 1391 = Ganschow 897g
12 12     Helios 2, 25 Nov. 2008, lot 383 = Ganschow 897f
13 13     Münzzentrum Rheinland 151, 21 Mar. 2009, lot 422 = Ganschow 897g
14 14     Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 587 = Ganschow 897f
15 15     V Auctions 29 Sept. 2011, lot 270 = Ganschow 897g