RPC VII.2, 1997


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1997 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VII.2
Number	1997
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	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design	emperor on horseback galloping right, holding spear
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Axis	6
Reference	Rec —
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1895/1–2, 7 (Nicaea), 1896/1 (Nicaea), 1993/1, 1999/1–2, 2042/1–5 (Prusias ad Hypium). 1–2: same rev. die as 1985/1–3, 1988/1.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			NY: 1944.100.42323	Kraft pl. 102, 38b	32.7	23.45	6		Show
2	2				CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 100 = CNG EA 512, 23 Mar. 2022, lot 355	33.5	27.50	6		Show