RPC VII.2, 3377

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3377
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)(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 3.17 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 898d–e; Bland 1991a, 68; Bland 1996, 68A
Specimens 37 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 898d; Bland 1996, 68A), ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 898e; Bland 1991a, 68) or ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow —; Bland —).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.72313 Ganschow 898e
2 2     V: GR 20200 Bland 1996, 68A.1
3 3     Tübingen SNG 4705 = Ganschow 898e
4 4     Album Online 4, 15 July 2019, lot 16 = Ganschow 898d
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 898d
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 898d
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898d
11 11     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898d
12 12     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898d
13 13     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898d
14 14     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898d
15 15     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898d
16 16     CGT coll. = Ganschow 898e
17 17     CGT collection = Saint Paul Antiques 17, 30 June 2018, lot 437 = Ganschow 898e
18 18     CNG EA 308, 7 Aug. 2013, lot 244 = Ganschow 898d
19 19     CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 167 = Ganschow 898d
20 20     ✸ CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 253
21 21     Emporium Hamburg 78, 25 Apr. 2017, lot 324 = Ganschow 898d
22 22     Grün 15, 1995, lot 995 = Grün 32, 15 June 2001, lot 435 = Grün 35, 9 Nov. 2001, lot 217 = Ganschow 898d
23 23     Henseler 1397 = Ganschow 898d
24 24     Henseler 1398 = Ganschow 898e
25 25     Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2946 = Hirsch 298, 2014, lot 739 = Hirsch 306, 2015, lot 2259 = Hirsch 319, 2016, lot 671 = Ganschow 898d
26 26     London Ancient Coins 34, 24 Apr. 2014, lot 215 = Ganschow 898d
27 27     Nomos obolos 10, 30 June 2018, lot 313 = Ganschow 898d
28 28     Phoenix 6 (no date), 46 = Bland 1996, 68A.2
29 29     Private coll. = Ganschow 898d
30 30     Private coll. = Ganschow 898e
31 31     Roma EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 427
32 32     Roma Numismatics EA 32, 7 Jan. 2017, lot 627 = Numismatica Ibercoin EA 29, 26 Sept. 2019, lot 257 = Ganschow 898d
33 33     VAuctions 305, 17 Apr. 2014, lot 216
34 34     VAuctions 332, 28 Sept. 2018, lot 289 = Ganschow 898d
35 35     VAuctions Triskeles Sale 28, 21 June 2019, lot 146 = Ganschow 898d
36 36     VAuctions Triskeles Sale 28, 21 June 2019, lot 148 = Ganschow 898d
37 37     VAuctions Triskeles Sale 28, 21 June 2019, lot 149 = Ganschow 898d