RPC VII.2, 3262


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URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3262 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VII.2
Number	3262
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(Π) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus; above, wreath
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	1, 6, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 868d–f; Bland 1991a, 31, 36–9
Specimens	34 (10 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 868d; Bland 1991a, 31, 36 corr. and 39), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 868e; Bland 1991a, 38) or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 868g; Bland 1991a, 37).

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: G.2284	BMC 341 = Bland 1991a, 39.3	24	7.44	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
2	2	L: 1979,0101.1152	SNG vA 6524 = Bank Leu 18, 5 May 1977, lot 372 = Bland 1991a, 39.4	24	7.55	12		Show
3	3	P: 717	Bland 1991a, 39.5	24	6.79	12		Show
4	4	B: 18274500, I-B	Bland 1991a, 36.1	24	9.49	11	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
5	5	B: 18274499, Löbb.	Bland 1991a, 38.1	23	8.50	12		Show
6	6	B: 18274497, Löbb.	Bland 1991a, 39.1	24	8.48	12		Show
7	7	B: 18274502, Löbb.	Bland 1991a, 39.2	24	8.40	11	Rev.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
8	8	NY: 1911.87.24	Bland 1991a, 31.2	24	9.17	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
9	9	NY: 1953.171.1660	Bland 1991a, 38.2	23	7.95	11	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
10	10	NY: 1992.41.52	Ganschow 868d	24.6	8.53	12		Show
11	11	Tübingen	SNG 4698 = Ganschow 868e		9.18	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
12	12	Verona	SNG 1846 = Ganschow 868d		6.22	12		Show
13	13		Bland 1991a, 39.8	24	8.09	12		Show
14	14		CNG 15, 15 June 1991, lot 389 = Bland 1991a, 39.7	26	6.75	12		Show
15	15		CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 622 = Ganschow 868d	25	8.74	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
16	16		CNG Coin Shop 869829 = Ganschow 868g				Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
17	17		CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 363 = Ganschow 868d	24.1	7.98	11		Show
18	18		CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 331 = Ganschow 868d	23	8.28	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
19	19		CNG EA 243, 27 Oct. 2010, lot 262 = Ganschow 868d	25	8.58	1	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
20	20		CNG EA 247, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 232 = Ganschow 868d	23	8.15	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
21	21		CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 230 = Ganschow 868e	25	8.86	1	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
22	22 ✸		CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 239 = Ganschow 868d	24.1	7.77	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
23	23		Elsen 83, 12 Mar. 2005, lot 655 = Aufhäuser 18, 5 Oct. 2004, lot 518 = Ganschow 868d		9.53		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
24	24		Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1864 = Ganschow 868h		8.41			Show
25	25		Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1905 = Ganschow 868h	23.2	7.51		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
26	26		Henseler 1310 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 622 = Ganschow 868d	25	8.74	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
27	27		Hesperia Art FPL 16, n.d., lot 175 = Ganschow 868d	23	9.22			Show
28	28		Hirsch 157, 24 Feb. 1988, lot 653 = Bland 1991a, 38.3	25	8.17		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
29	29		Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 578 = Ganschow 868d	25	9.31		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
30	30		Peus 279, 14 Mar. 1972, lot 264 = Bland 1991a, 39.6	24	8.44		double struck	Show
31	31		Peus EA 8, 19 Jan. 2019, lot 379 = Ganschow 868d	24.2	8.28		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
32	32		Private coll. = Ganschow 868d	24.9	8.50	6	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
33	33		Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, Sept. 1984, D82 = Bland 1991a, 37.1	24			Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r. (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
34	34		Themis 3, 31 Aug. 2019, lot 250 = Ganschow 868d	22	7.35			Show