Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ31 - Gordian III ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ΒΟΥΛΗ ΔΗΜΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | RPC VII.2#1891 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The homonoia ("concord") coinage of Nicaea served a specific political function: advertising civic harmony, sometimes with a neighboring city, sometimes between the city's council (Boule) and popular assembly (Demos) as distinct institutional bodies. This issue names both explicitly, which points to an internal civic rather than inter-city homonoia — a less common variant and one that implies real institutional tension being publicly papered over.
Gordian III's reign saw a marked surge in provincial bronze output across Bithynia, partly because the Roman mint was preoccupied with military coinage during the Persian campaigns.