RPC VII.2, 3389


Image of specimen #7

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3389 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VII.2
Number	3389
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 head of Gordian III, r.
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ƐΝΤ(Ι)(Χ), ƐΤ Ϛ
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 901–2; Bland 1996, 102, 102A, 178–9; S 615c
Specimens	12 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑ ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 901; Bland 1996, 178; S 615c), ΚΑΙϹ ƐΝΤ (Ganschow —; Bland 1996 —), ΚΑΙϹ ƐΝΤΙ (Ganschow 902; Bland 1996, 102, 179) or ΚΑΙϹ ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow —; Bland 1996, 102A).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 736	Bland 1996, 102.1	25	9.51	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	P: 731	Bland 1996, 178.2	26	11.21	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	Cop	SNG 310 = Bland 1996, 178.1	25	9.51	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4	O: Christ Church 1756	Bland 1996, 179.1	25	8.33	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ[ ] Β Ν	Show
5	5		CGT coll. = Ganschow 901	25	9.83	12		Show
6	6		CGT coll. = Ganschow 902	25	9.50	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7 ✸		Henseler 1408 = Ganschow 901	26	10.56	12		Show
8	8		Henseler 1409 = Ganschow 902	25	9.23		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
9	9		Malloy 18, 1 Dec. 1980, lot 682 = Bland 1996, 178.3	24				Show
10	10		Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 352 = Ganschow 901	25.5	10.42			Show
11	11		Trade (Ancient Numismatic Enterprise, VCoins, Dec. 2020)		10.97		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
12	12		Trade (eBay, 31 Jan. 2012)				Obv.: GIC — (uncertain) ; ΚΑΙϹ ƐΝΤ	Show