RPC VII.2, 1895

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1895
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΙΠΠΟΝ ΒΡΟΤΟΠΟΔΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἵππον βροτόποδα Νικαιέων ἵππον βροτόποδα Νικαιέων
Translation horse with a human foot, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Mên-Ascanios on horseback right, holding wreath, horse's foreleg ending in human leg and human hand holding staff entwined by serpent, its tail ending in serpent's head; above, small Nike crowning Mên
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.02 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 706
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 7: same obv. die as 1896/1, 1993/1 (Nicomedia), 1997/1–2 (Nicomedia), 1999/1–2 (Nicomedia), 2042/1–5 (Prusias ad Hypium). 3–6: same obv. die as 2001/1–2 (Nicomedia).
Note End of obv. legend ending in ΑΥΓ or ΑΥΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.672 BMC 118 = Rec 706 bis, pl. LXXXIV, 40 where coupled with wrong obv.
2 2     P: 1145 Rec 706, pl. LXXXIV, 39
3 3     NY: 1953.171.483
4 4     NY: 1970.142.278
5 5     O
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = Forum Ancient Coins, July 2020, lot RP43117
7 7     SNG vA 7050 = Auctiones 4, 26 Nov. 1974, lot 128