RPC VII.2, 3376

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3376
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸ(ς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Ε
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους εʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 5
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; to right, pellet
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.10 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 898f–h; Bland 1991a, 66; S 604b corr. (mistakenly gives rev. legend as ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ)
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 898f; Bland 1991a, —), ΚΑΙϹA Β Ν (Ganschow 898g; Bland 1991a, 66) or ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 898h; Bland 1991a, —).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 730 Ganschow 898h
2 2     G SNG 2284 = Bland 1991a, 66.1
3 3     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898g
4 4     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 335 = Ganschow 898h
5 5     ✸ Henseler 1399 = Ganschow 898f
6 6     Henseler 1400 = Ganschow 898g
7 7     Henseler 1401 = Roma Numismatics 7, 26 Apr. 2014, lot 1023 = Ganschow 898h
8 8     VAuctions 292, 6 Dec. 2012, lot 97 = Agora 35, 23 June 2015, lot 167 = Ganschow 898g