RPC VII.2, 3381

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3381
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
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 9.82 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 899d; Bland 1996, 101A and 173
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note Bland 101A is a coin of year 3, but it should read ƐΤ Ϛ (year 6).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18274408, Löbb. Bland 1996, 173.1
2 2     NY: 1953.171.1421 Bland 1996, 173.2
3 3     ✸ NY: 1953.171.1424 Bland 1996, 173.3
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG, Triton 13, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1394 C80
7 7     Crédit de la Bourse, 12 July 1997, lot 95
8 8     Jacquier 16, autumn 1994, lot 370 = Bland 1996, 101A.1
9 9     Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 731
10 10     Private coll. I. H., Oslo = Bland 1996, 173.5
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 758
12 12     Savoca 102 Blue, 8 May 2021, lot 661