RPC VII.2, 1992

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1992
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated in biga drawn by two lions, right, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference Rec —
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1886/1–2 (Nicaea), 1887/1 (Nicaea), 1893/1–2 (Nicaea), 1898/1 (Nicaea), 1994/1, 1996/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42322
2 2     CGT coll. = CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 163
3 3     ✸ Amsterdam: 19947 SNG vA 7119 = Auctiones 4, 26 Nov. 1974, lot 130 = Kraft pl. 102, 38b
4 4     Ankara: 58-7/3-95 Arslan, Bithynia, p. 127, no. 54