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Æ30 - Gordian III ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝϹ-ΩΚΟΡΩ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, portrayed as a young man with short hair beneath the laurel wreath, wearing paludamentum over cuirass, the drapery visible on the left shoulder. The effigy is rendered in the characteristic provincial style of Bithynian coinage, with a bold, three-quarter frontal perspective. The circular Greek legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | Tyche, the tutelary goddess of the city, standing left in full figure, wearing a turreted crown and chiton, holding a ship's rudder resting on a prow in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, emblematic of good fortune and maritime prosperity. Between her arms, a serpent is shown coiled around a lit torch, a distinctive iconographic element associated with Nicomedia's cult practices. The composition fills the field within a beaded border, with the Greek civic legend distributed in the surrounding area. |
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