I have come across a couple of what appear to be new types to add to the corpus.
1.
Bithynia, Nicaea, Marcus Aurelius 161-180 Æ35
Obv: Bare-headed, half-length figure of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass
and paludamentum right.
Rev: Pan standing left, wearing conical cap, holding branch and wine-skin.
(25.65g) Not in standard references (that I could find).
Same obverse die as RPC online 5913 (Rec.Gen. 138, pl.LXX,5).
Same reverse die as RPC online 5507 (Rec.Gen. 157, pl.LXX,22).
Traces of reverse legend: ΕΠ ΩΦΕΑΝΝ-OY / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ in ex.
2.
Bithynia, Nicaea, Severus Alexander 222-235 Æ27
Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Alexander right.
Rev: Dionysus in panther biga right.
(9.80g) Not in Rec.Gen.; Not in BMC; Not in SNG Cop.; Not in SNG Schweiz II;
Not in SNG Hunterian. Unpublished?
3.
Bithynia, Nicaea, Gordian III 238-244 Æ32
Obv: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian left, as seen from the
front, holding spear and shield which is decorated with an aegis (head of
Medusa), two countermarks.
Rev: Nike standing on right crowning a seated Tyche who turns to face her.
(20.05g) Not in any of the references I have to hand. Same obverse die as
Rec.Gen. 710; Gorny & Mosch 114/171; Helios 5/631; and CNG E233/281.
Ticket indicates it was bought from "E.Gans Oct.1959" and also states "SNG
von Aulock 654 (THIS)" (*I haven't been able to check v.A. just yet).
Walter Holt
Thanks for posting these three coins; #2 really isn't in
Isegrim, and ##1 and 3 are almost as noteworthy for other reasons. A few followup notes:
1) Here is Isegrim's closest entry for your #1, very
rare, with a different
obverse portrait:
PRO:
BITHYNIA PO : NICAEA
PZ : Between 161 and 180
BNG: WP'E ANN..OY
Obverse VSG: ..
VT :
PORTRAIT MAN R / MARC AUREL
VA :
WREATH LAUREL / BEARD / CLOTHES
Reverse RSG: EP WP'E ANN..OY
RT :
MAN WALKING L(1) /
PAN(1)
RA : NUDE / HORNS / BRANCH(1) / WINE-SKIN(1)
Technical details
M : AE
GR : 41(1)
Bibliographical references
ZIT:
WADD RG S419,157(1) / COLL
BERLIN(1) [
http://people.virginia.edu/~jdk3t/RG/RG1-3026.html /
http://people.virginia.edu/~jdk3t/RG/RG1-3185.html, diff.
obv. die as noted; better img. of RG
rev. below]
FR : VS: .. RS: EP WP'E ANN..OY
2) An extremely uncommon
reverse for Nicaea, although found on this issue of
Commodus:
PRO:
BITHYNIA PO : NICAEA
PZ : Between 177 and 192
Obverse VSG: M AY KOM ANTWNINOS
VT :
PORTRAIT MAN R /
COMMODUS VA :
WREATH LAUREL
Reverse RSG: NIKAIE..
RT :
BIGA PANTHERS R / WITH / CHARIOTEER(1) /
DIONYSOS RA :
KANTHAROS(1)
Technical details
M : AE
GR : 27.94(1) / 29(1-2)
Bibliographical references
ZIT:
WADD RG S433,270(1-2) /
BMC 11 S159,44(1)
VGL: COLL WIEN(2)
Additional remarks
FR : VS: <M AY?> KOM ANTWNINOS RS: NIKAIE..
3) Very likely your coin (perhaps your very specimen when it
comes to the
von Aulock entry), although badly described in this listing:
PRO:
BITHYNIA PO : NICAEA
PZ : Between 238 and 244
Obverse VSG: M ANT GORDIANOS AYG
VT :
PORTRAIT MAN L /
GORDIAN III VA :
RADIATE / CLOTHES / SPEAR /
SHIELD VG : ROUND / LET I / ROUND /
HEAD MAN ? / EMPEROR
Reverse RSG:
NIKAIEWN RT : PERSONS 2 / WOMAN SITTING L(1) /
TYCHE(1) / ON / STOOL <?> /
MAN STANDING HL(2) /
DIONYSOS(2)
RA :
HEAD R(1) / STAFF(1) / TURRETED(1) /
CORNUCOPIAE(1) /
WREATH(2) /
THYRSOS(2)
Technical details
M : AE
GEW: 20.09(1)
Bibliographical references
ZIT:
SNG AUL 654(1) [another specimen FONTANA
RIN 1966 S41,15(1)]
Additional remarks
FR : VS: M ANT GORDIANOS AYG RS:
NIKAIEWN