RPC VII.2, 1999

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1999
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 2, 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1895/1–2, 7 (Nicaea), 1896/1 (Nicaea), 1993/1, 1997/1–2, 2042/1–5 (Prusias ad Hypium). 1–2: same rev. die as 1998/1, 2000/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 67.341
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 316