RPC VII.2, 2002

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2002
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding a small temple model in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.62 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1888/1–3 (Nicaea), 1890/1–2 (Nicaea), 1991/1–2, 2000/1–2. 1–3: same rev. die as 1986/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 859 = Sotheby’s, 25 Oct. 1984, lot 355
2 2     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1209
3 3     SNG vA 814 = Kraft pl. 103, 45b