RPC VII.2, 2008

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2008
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition 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 front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ(Ω)
Edition Νικομηδέων δις νεωκόρω(ν)
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note On rev. of coins https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/101482 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/100298, the letters I and O in ΔΙⳞ and ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ are placed in field.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1939,0511.28
2 2     B: 18273658, B-I
3 3     Boston: 67.340
4 4     Cologne: BI_0096 Corsten 96
5 5     Cologne: BI_0097 Corsten 97
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 203
7 7     SNG vA 818
8 8     Yapı Kredi 121