RPC VII.2, 1993

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1993
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn; next to the rock, serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.32 g
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1895/1–2, 7 (Nicaea), 1896/1 (Nicaea), 1997/1–2, 1999/1–2, 2042/1–5 (Prusias ad Hypium). 1: same rev. die as 1994/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 560