RPC VII.2, 1893

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1893
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus seated left on cart drawn by four elephants, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 2
Reference Rec 696
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1886/1–2, 1887/1, 1898/1, 1992/1–3 (Nicomedia), 1994/1 (Nicomedia), 1996/1–2 (Nicomedia).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1366 SNG vA 656 = Kraft pl. 102, 39a
2 2     G Hunter 33 = SNG 1100
3 3     A Rec 696, pl. LXXXIV, 31, rev.