RPC VII.2, 3399

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3399
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Ζ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους ζʹ μητρο(πόλεως) 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 6.58 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 907c–f; Bland 1996, 182–6; S 616 corr., 616a
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907f; Bland 184), MHTPO KAIC B N (Ganschow —; Bland —), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907e; Bland —), ΜΗΤΡO ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907d; Bland 185),ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 907b; Bland 182)or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 907c; Bland 186).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 739 Bland 1996, 184.3
2 2     B: 18274417, Löbb. Bland 1996, 184.1
3 3     B: 18274419, I-B Bland 1996, 184.2
4 4     B: 18274418, Löbb. Bland 1996, 186.1
5 5     Boston: 63.2641 Woodward
6 6     Brussels: 65064 Bland 1996, 185.2
7 7     Yale: 2001.87.11554 Bland 1996, 184.4
8 8     CGT coll. = Ganschow 907d
9 9     Jacquier 27, 2001, lot 285 = Jacquier 25, 2000, lot 531 = Jacquier 24, 2000, lot 403 = Müller 20, May 1977, lot 367 = Ganschow 907e
10 10     ✸ Savoca 12, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 406 = Ganschow 907d
11 11     SNG vA 6531 = Bland 1996, 185.1
12 12     Trade (eBay, July 2020)
13 13     Trade (Pavlou, VCoins, Aug. 2020) = Ganschow 907e
14 14     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10 June 2023, lot 639