RPC VII.2, 3385


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3385
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 altar containing wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	9.07 g
Axis	4, 5, 6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 900b; Bland 1996, 169; S 615
Specimens	10 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1899,0703.174	Bland 1996, 169.1	25	7.58	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	P: 732	Bland 1996, 169.3	25	8.13	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	NY: 1953.171.1423	Bland 1996, 169.2	25	10.44	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4		CGT coll.	26	9.53	4		Show
5	5		CGT coll.	24	8.75	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
6	6		Falghera 2220 = Bland 1996, 169.6	25	10.34	5		Show
7	7		Henseler 1405 = M&M GmbH 19, 2006, lot 301 (Righetti)	26	9.14	6		Show
8	8		Lindgren I, 1728 = Bland 1996, 169.5	25	8.62		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; this coin has been wrongly paired with Lindgren 1723 on pl. 68.	Show
9	9		Trade (Larissa, eBay, July 2020)					Show
10	10		TMC coll. = Numismad 13, 8 Mar. 2024, lot 482	24				Show