RPC VII.2, 1895

Province Bithynia-Pontus
City Nicaea 
Region Bithynia
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΠΠΟΝ ΒΡΟΤΟΠΟΔΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Mên-Ascanios on horseback right, holding wreath, horse's foreleg ending in human leg and human hand holding staff entwined by serpent, its tail ending in serpent's head; above, small Nike crowning Mên

Coin no. 3 of RPC VII.2, 1895

 

Museum American Numismatic Society, New York (USA)
Inventory no. 1953.171.483
Reference
Diameter 32.8
Weight 19.88
Axis 12
Note the countermark might be GIC 65
External URI http://numismatics.org/collection/1953.171.483 
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