RPC VII.2, 3379

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3379
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 243
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 10, 12
Reference Ganschow 899c; Bland 1996, 172
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG Lewis 1724
2 2     O: Christ Church Bland 1996, 172.2
3 3     CNG, Triton 13, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1394 C81
4 4     ✸ Henseler 1404 = Rauch 96, 10 Dec. 2014, lot 144
5 5     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 35, 6 Sept. 2015, lot 522
6 6     Private coll. J. T., New York = Bland 1996, 172.1
7 7     Trade (Ancient Numismatic Enterprise, VCoins, Dec. 2020)
8 8     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 21, 1 July 2023, lot 301