RPC VII.2, 3380


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3380
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Ϛ = 6
Dating	AD 243
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Ϲ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition	Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισ(αρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 6
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	10.21 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 899a–b; Bland 1996, 101, 170; S 605b
Specimens	15 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	6: same rev. die as 3391/7.
Note	Obv. legend reads ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Ganschow 899a, Bland 101 corr.) or ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ (Ganschow 899b, Bland 170). Bland (101) attributed the New York coin to year 3 (Γ); we follow Ganschow, who attributes it to year 6 (Ϛ). Marthaler (p. 100) and Malloy (S, p. 161) believed that the date, Γ, has been recut from a Α, i.e., Year 1.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 735	Bland 1996, 169.4 = Ganschow 899b	25	9.37	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1944.100.83634	Bland 1996, 101.1 = Ganschow 899a	26.4	11.29	12		Show
3	3		B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 899a	27	10.61	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
4	4		B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 899a	27	10.03	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5		CGT coll. = Ganschow 899b	27	10.26	6		Show
6	6		CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 348 = Ganschow 899b	26	11.23	6	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
7	7		Falghera 2221 = Bland 1996, 170.1 = Ganschow 899b	25	9.16	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΜΗΤΡΟ [ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν]	Show
8	8		Forum Ancient Coins = Ganschow 899a		8.85	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
9	9		Henseler 1402 = Ganschow 899b	28	9.56	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
10	10		Henseler 1403				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
11	11		Saint Paul Antiques 17, 30 June 2018, lot 439 = Ganschow 899a	25	11.47	6		Show
12	12		Savoca 21, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 259 = Bertolami EA 93, 9 Jan. 2021, 711 = Ganschow 899b	25	9.94			Show
13	13		Teutoburger 98, 4 Dec. 2015, lot 1722 = Ganschow 899b				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
14	14		Themis 6, 29 Feb. 2020, lot 427 = Ganschow 899b	26	10.27		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	15		VAuctions 329, 6 Apr. 2018, lot 348 = VAuctions 331, 16 July 2018, lot 133 = Ganschow 899b	26	10.65	6		Show