RPC VII.2, 3381


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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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
Nominative	Imperator 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
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
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).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18274408, Löbb.	Bland 1996, 173.1	26	9.65	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	NY: 1953.171.1421	Bland 1996, 173.2	25	9.84	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3 ✸	NY: 1953.171.1424	Bland 1996, 173.3	27	9.48	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4		B. Michaux coll.	26	8.89	5		Show
5	5		C. Rhodes coll.	25	8.48	12		Show
6	6		CNG, Triton 13, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1394 C80		10.26	11		Show
7	7		Crédit de la Bourse, 12 July 1997, lot 95		10.50	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	8		Jacquier 16, autumn 1994, lot 370 = Bland 1996, 101A.1		10.12			Show
9	9		Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 731	27	10.77		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
10	10		Private coll. I. H., Oslo = Bland 1996, 173.5	25	10.08	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
11	11		Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 758	26.5	10.20	5	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
12	12		Savoca 102 Blue, 8 May 2021, lot 661	26	9.52			Show