RPC VII.2, 3398

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3398
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸ(ς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) Β ΝΕ, 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 6.63 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 907p–q; Bland 1996, 192–3
Specimens 21 (5 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ (Ganschow 907p; Bland 1996, 193) or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 907q; Bland 1996, 192).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 347 = Bland 1996, 193.4
2 2     L: 1874,0715.387 BMC 348 = Bland 1996, 193.3
3 3     B: 18274414, Löbb. Bland 1996, 193.1
4 4     G SNG 2285 = Bland 1996, 193.2
5 5     NY: 1944.100.62499 Bland 1996, 193.5
6 6     Leeds-UL: 1008 Ganschow 907p
7 7     Münster: M 1381
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold 2812 = Ganschow 907p
9 9     Yale: 2001.87.11552 Bland 1996, 193.9
10 10     Yale: 2004.6.3556 P. R. Franke coll. = Ganschow 907p
11 11     ✸ Auctiones 15, 18 Sept. 1985, lot 360 = Peus 410, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 751 = Bland 1996, 193.7
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     CGT coll. = Ganschow 907p
15 15     CNG 272, 25 Jan. 2012, lot 247 = Ganschow 907p
16 16     Empire Coins FPL 72, 1994, lot 152 = CNR 15, 3, lot 363 = Bland 1996, 192.1
17 17     Forum Ancient Coins = Ganschow 907p
18 18     Lanz 52, 14 May 1990, lot 620 = Bland 1996, 193.8
19 19     Malloy 12, 25 Apr. 1978, lot 587 = Bland 1996, 193.10
20 20     Trade (Dorney, VCoins, 2021)
21 21     Trade (eBay, Dec. 2020) = Ganschow 907q