RPC VII.2, 1969

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1969
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Α(Υ)(Γ)
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design four standards; the central pair topped by eagles, the outer two topped by wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 712
Specimens 22 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 120
2 2     L: 1841,0730.137 BMC 121
3 3     B: 18273512, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18273516
5 5     B: 18273514
6 6     B: 18273513, Rauch
7 7     B: 18273515
8 8     G Hunter 34 = SNG 1101
9 9     G Hunter 35 = SNG 1102
10 10     Tübingen SNG 2133
11 11     V-ON SNG Leypold 188
12 12     Verona: 70383 SNG 1385
13 13     Verona: 70384 SNG 1386
14 14     Yale: 2004.6.2295
15 15     Bertolami EA 59, 20 May 2018, lot 929
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     cgb.fr MBS 13, 30 July 2001, lot 587
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll. = Savoca 32 Blue, 25 May 2020, lot 878
21 21     Elsen 88, 10 June 2006, lot 422
22 22     Peus 412, 24 Apr. 2014, lot 307