RPC VII.2, 3389

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΝΤ(Ι)(Χ), ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας βʹ νεωκόρου ἐντίχιον ἔτους ϛʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἐντίχ(ιον) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, walled, of year 6
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.95 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 901–2; Bland 1996, 102, 102A, 178–9; S 615c
Specimens 13 (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).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 736 Bland 1996, 102.1
2 2     P: 731 Bland 1996, 178.2
3 3     Cop SNG 310 = Bland 1996, 178.1
4 4     O: Christ Church 1756 Bland 1996, 179.1
5 5     CGT coll. = Ganschow 901
6 6     CGT coll. = Ganschow 902
7 7     ✸ Henseler 1408 = Ganschow 901
8 8     Henseler 1409 = Ganschow 902
9 9     Malloy 18, 1 Dec. 1980, lot 682 = Bland 1996, 178.3
10 10     Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 352 = Ganschow 901
11 11     Trade (Ancient Numismatic Enterprise, VCoins, Dec. 2020)
12 12     Trade (eBay, 31 Jan. 2012)
13 13     TMC coll. = Numismad 13, 8 Mar. 2024, lot 481