RPC VII.2, 3341

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3341
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 ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 881q–r; Bland 1996, 114–16; S 608
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 881r; Bland 1996, 114; S 608) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν (Ganschow 881q; Bland 1996, 115–16).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.331 BMC 343 = Bland 1996, 114.4
2 2     B: 18274391, 1845/5143 Bland 1996, 114.2
3 3     ✸ B: 18274392, Löbb. Bland 1996, 114.3
4 4     Cop SNG 309 = Bland 1996, 116.1
5 5     Istanbul Gülek Boǧazi hoard 56 = Bland 1996, 114.6
6 6     Tübingen SNG 4701 = Ganschow 881q
7 7     CGT coll. = Ganschow 881q
8 8     CGT coll. = Ganschow 881q
9 9     Henseler 1361 = Ganschow 881q
10 10     Henseler 1362 = Grün 18, 1996, lot 26 = Emporium 11, 1987, lot 259 = Ganschow 881r
11 11     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 812 = Bland 1996, 114.5
12 12     Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 780 = Savoca Blue 87, 17 Oct. 2020, lot 1187 = Ganschow 881r
13 13     Private coll., Oslo = Bland 1996, 115.2
14 14     SNG vA 6529 = Bland 1996, 115.1