RPC VII.2, 1895

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1895
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 706
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 7: same obv. die as 1896/1, 1993/1 (Nicomedia), 1997/1–2 (Nicomedia), 1999/1–2 (Nicomedia), 2042/1–5 (Prusias ad Hypium). 3–6: same obv. die as 2001/1–2 (Nicomedia).
Note End of obv. legend ending in ΑΥΓ or ΑΥΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.672 BMC 118 = Rec 706 bis, pl. LXXXIV, 40 where coupled with wrong obv.
2 2     P: 1145 Rec 706, pl. LXXXIV, 39
3 3     NY: 1953.171.483
4 4     NY: 1970.142.278
5 5     O
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = Forum Ancient Coins, July 2020, lot RP43117
7 7     SNG vA 7050 = Auctiones 4, 26 Nov. 1974, lot 128