RPC VII.2, 1996

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1996
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 radiate, 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 standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch; behind, serpent (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1886/1–2 (Nicaea), 1887/1 (Nicaea), 1893/1–2, 4 (Nicaea), 1898/1 (Nicaea), 1992/1–3, 1994/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 240
2 2     ✸ Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 559