RPC VII.2, 2013

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2013
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design galley with five rowers, helmsman and emperor sitting on sella, right; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.71 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273660, Löbb.
2 2     Cologne: BI_109 Corsten 109
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 292 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1205
5 5     Yapı Kredi 125