RPC VII.2, 3262


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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
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς 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	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΤ Δ
Edition	μητροπ(όλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus; above, wreath
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	8.26 g
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.)	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.)	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.)	Show
9	9	NY: 1953.171.1660	Bland 1991a, 38.2	23	7.95	11	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	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.)	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.)	Show
16	16		CNG Coin Shop 869829 = Ganschow 868g				Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	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.)	Show
19	19		CNG EA 243, 27 Oct. 2010, lot 262 = Ganschow 868d	25	8.58	1	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
20	20		CNG EA 247, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 232 = Ganschow 868d	23	8.15	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
21	21		CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 230 = Ganschow 868e	25	8.86	1	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
22	22 ✸		CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 239 = Ganschow 868d	24.1	7.77	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	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.)	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.)	Show
26	26		Henseler 1310 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 622 = Ganschow 868d	25	8.74	12	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	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.)	Show
29	29		Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 578 = Ganschow 868d	25	9.31		Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	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.)	Show
32	32		Private coll. = Ganschow 868d	24.9	8.50	6	Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
33	33		Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, Sept. 1984, D82 = Bland 1991a, 37.1	24			Rev.: GIC 849 (Tyche head r.)	Show
34	34		Themis 3, 31 Aug. 2019, lot 250 = Ganschow 868d	22	7.35			Show