RPC VII.2, 1975

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1975
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design three standards; central one topped by eagle, flanked by two standards topped by wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.70 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12
Reference Rec 713
Specimens 33 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,0730.135 BMC 123
2 2     P: AA.GR.12108
3 3     P: 1150 Rec 713, pl. LXXXV, 6, rev.
4 4     B: 18273509, 1821 Adler
5 5     B: 18273511, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18273510, Friedländer
7 7     B: 18273505, Knobelsdorff
8 8     V: GR 15726
9 9     ✸ V: GR 15728
10 10     V: GR 15727
11 11     A: 4963a
12 12     Erlangen Zwicker Z1074
13 13     Freiburg: 11653
14 14     Freiburg: 11651
15 15     Yale: 2004.6.2296
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 303, 29 May 2013, lot 207 = CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 853
21 21     Emporium Hamburg 53, 19 June 2005, lot 518
22 22     Grün 54, 16 Nov. 2010, lot 136 = Münzzentrum 76, 10 Nov. 1993, lot 115
23 23     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1414 (W. Weiser coll.) = Grunow liste 57, Spring 2003, lot 1954
24 24     Hirsch 164, 29 Nov. 1989, lot 704
25 25     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1411 (W. Weiser coll.) = Hirsch E-Live 4, 20 June 2021, lot 276
26 26     Noble Numismatics 86, 21 Nov. 2007, lot 3363 = Hirsch 171, 25 Sept. 1991, lot 1148
27 27     Private coll.
28 28     Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 289
29 29     T. Mullally coll.
30 30     Cologne: AG105
31 31     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1413 (W. Weiser coll.)
32 32     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1416 (W. Weiser coll.)
33 33     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1418 (W. Weiser coll.) = Münzzentrum 76, 1993, lot 116