RPC VII.2, 3349


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Volume	VII.2
Number	3349
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Δ = 4
Dating	AD 241
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡ(Ο)(Π) ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΝ(Τ)(Ι)(Χ), ΕΤ Δ
Edition	Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισ(αρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔντιχ(ιον) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, walled, of year 4
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	9.63 g
Axis	1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 882, 883f–g, 884c, 885b–d, 886; Bland 1996, 128–34; S 607b, 613g corr., 613j
Specimens	57 (17 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ...ƐΝ (Ganschow 882; Bland 1996, —), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙ[ ]...ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885d; Bland 1996, 128; S 607b), ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883g; Bland 1996, 129), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885c; Bland 1996, 130; S 613g corr.), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΧ (Ganschow 886; Bland 1996, 131), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΙ (Ganschow 884c; Bland 1996, 132; S 613j), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤ (Ganschow 883f; Bland 1996, 133) or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ...ƐΝΤΙΧ (Ganschow 885b; Bland 1996, 134).

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Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	P: 725	Bland 1996, 130.2	25	9.29	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	P: 723	Bland 1996, 132.1	25	11.76	12		Show
3	P: 724	Bland 1996, 132.2	25	11.32	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	P: AA.GR.1175, Seymour de Ricci	Bland 1996, 132.4	24	7.85	12		Show
5	B: 18274390, 1976/42	Bland 1996, 130.5	24	9.73	12		Show
6	B: 18274384, Löbb.	ZgM p. 21, no. 69 = Bland 1996, 129.2	25	8.59	12		Show
7	B: 18274388, Löbb.	ZgM p. 21, no. 70 = Ganschow 886	25	9.15	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	B: 18274389, Löbb.	ZgM p. 21, no. 71 = Bland 1996, 130.1	26	11.34	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
9	Cop	SNG 307 = Bland 1996, 132.5	23	9.52	12		Show
10	NY: 1944.100.62626	Bland 1996, 130.4	25	8.92	12		Show
11	NY: 1953.171.1418	Bland 1996, 132.3	26	9.48	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
12	NY: 1953.171.1416	Bland 1996, 132.7	25	10.63	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
13	NY: 1944.100.62631	Bland 1996, 133.1	25	9.97	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
14	NY: 1953.171.1417	Bland 1996, 133.3	26	10.54	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	NY: 1944.100.62623	Bland 1996, 134.1	25	7.84	12		Show
16	O: Milne	Bland 1996, 132.6	26	10.77	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; Purchased in Athens, 1926	Show
17	V: GR 20199	Bland 1996, 130.3	25	9.01	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
18	Beirut-AUB: C7427	Ganschow 883f	25	10.91		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
19	Beirut-AUB: C7426	Ganschow 886	24	8.60		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
20	Istanbul	Gülek Boǧazi hoard 54 = Bland 1996, 128.1	25	10.55	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
21	Milan: Brera 7323	Bland 1996, 129.1	24	8.12	12		Show
22	Münster: M 1380 = Ganschow 883g		25	9.36	5	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
23	Yale: 2004.6.3555, P. R. Franke = Ganschow 883g		27	10.57	12		Show
24		B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 883f	26	10.33	1		Show
25		B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 884c	27	11.01	11		Show

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