Thank you archivum, I overlooked the entry for RG 612 for the leaping
lion. I checked the
McClean entry and indeed the
type is illustrated and attested for Nicaea, which is useful. Nicaea, in fact most of the cities of
Pontos, could stand a newer more
complete reference
work. It is a region dying for someone with access to large
collections to
catalog. RG, while a very useful reference and currently and seemingly the only major reference on the region, falls way short of works like
AMNG. The lack of detail, typical of many of the early
French references, is a real detriment. But, we go with it because it is the only game out there. Judging by the number of standards
types for
Gordian just trying to get a
handle on that
type alone would be a daunting challenge, never mind the challenge of trying to tackle the more varied
types. Hopefully, archivum will put this up on
his site at some point when he thinks it far enough along. The photos of the
types alone are worth it even if they are already cataloged in RG - which does not illustrate every coin.
c.rhodes