RPC VII.2, 1916

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1916
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.56 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 703 corr.
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note Homonoia is holding a patera, not a palm, as described in Rec.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: AA.GR.1377
2 2     B: 18273503, Löbb. Rec 703, pl. LXXXIV, 37, rev.
3 3     NY: 1953.171.484
4 4     O: Spink
5 5     Cologne: NI_0067 Weiser 67
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca 106 Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 518
7 7     Falghera 2110
8 8     Lindgren I, 148 = Berk 125, 27 Feb. 2002, lot 862
10 10     C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1402 (W. Weiser coll.)