RPC VII.2, 3343

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3343
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ<ν>τ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus set on plain altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.79 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 881s–u; Bland 1996, 113
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 881s; Bland 1996, 113); ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ (Ganschow 881t; Bland —) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ganschow 881u; Bland —).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Yale: 2001.87.11551 Ganschow 881t = Bland 1996, 113
2 2     ✸ Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 493 = Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 444 = Ganschow 881u
3 3     Henseler 1363 = Ganschow 881t
4 4     B. Michaux coll. = Bay 4, 5 July 2024, lot 464