RPC VII.2, 3397

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3397
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 ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Ζ
Edition 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 22 mm
Average weight 6.41 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 907g–i; Bland 1996, 187–90
Specimens 30 (8 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907i; 1996, Bland 187–8), ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907h; Bland 1996, 189), or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 907g; Bland 1996, 190).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 738 Bland 1996, 189.2
2 2     B: 18274412, Rauch Bland 1996, 189.1
3 3     B: 18274413, Löbb. Bland 1996, 189.7
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62498 Bland 1996, 187.1
5 5     NY: 1977.274.11 Bland 1996, 189.8
6 6     O: Godwyn Bland 1996, 189.9
7 7     ✸ V: GR 29218 Bland 1996, 189.3
8 8     V: GR 20204 Bland 1996, 191
9 9     Leeds-UL: 1007 Ganschow 907h
10 10     Milan: Brera Bland 1996, 188.1
11 11     Tübingen SNG 4706
12 12     V-ON SNG Leypold 2813 = Ganschow 907h
13 13     Yale: 2001.87.11553 Bland 1996, 189.12
14 14     Aufhäuser 9, 7 Oct. 1992, lot 412 = Bland 1996, 189.5
15 15     Baldwin’s 100, 27 Sept. 2016, lot 831 = Ganschow 907h
16 16     CGT coll. = Ganschow 907g
17 17     CGT coll. = Ganschow 907h
18 18     CGT coll. = Ganschow 907h
19 19     CGT coll. = Ganschow 907h
20 20     CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 196 = Ganschow 907h
21 21     Elsen FPL July 1985, lot 49 = Bland 1996, 189.4
22 22     Falghera 2222 = Bland 1996, 189.6
23 23     Henseler 1414 = M&M GmbH 135, 2007, lot 1021 = Ganschow 907h
24 24     Henseler 1415 = Ganschow 907h
25 25     Knopek 17, 22 May 1981, lot 428 = Bland 1996, 189.10
26 26     Lindgren I, 1730 = Bland 1996, 190.1
27 27     Münzzentrum 54, 26 Mar. 1985, lot 362 = Bland 1996, 189.11
28 28     Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 514 = Ganschow 907h
29 29     Roma Numismatics EA 86, 8 July 2021, lot 749
30 30     Trade (eBay, July 2020)