RPC VII.2, 3380


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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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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	Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους ϛʹ 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.

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Specimens of this coin type

#	Specimen	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