RPC VII.2, 3396

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3396
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7, reduced standard
Dating AD 244
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 ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Ζ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους ζʹ μητρ(οπόλεως) Καισ(αρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, second neocorate, of year 7
Reverse design six ears of corn tied together
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.70 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 907a–b; Bland 1996, 182–3; S 616 corr., 616a
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907b; Bland 1996, 182), ΚΑΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 907a; Bland 1996, 183) or ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow —; Bland 1996, —).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274420, Löbb. Bland 1996, 182.1
2 2     C SNG Lewis 1725 = Ganschow 907b
3 3     NY: 1911.94.2 Bland 1996, 183.1
4 4     Henseler 1412 = Ganschow 907b
5 5     Henseler 1413 = Hirsch 186, 10 May 1995, lot 1328 = Bland 1996, 182.2
6 6     Noble Numismatics 96, 5 Apr. 2011, lot 3058 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2413 = Ganschow 907a
7 7     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 525 = Roma Numismatics 18, 27 June 2015, lot 698
8 8     Trade (London Ancient Coins, VCoins, Dec. 2020)
9 9     TMC coll.