The Glykon
snake:
Moesia inferior,
Nikopolis ad Istrum,
Gordian III, 238-244
AE 26, 12.4g, 26.23mm, 10°
struck under governor Sabinius Modestus
obv. AVT K M ANT G - ORDIANOC
AVG Bust, draped and
cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. VP CAB MODECTOV -
NIKOPOLEITWN PROC ICT (OV, WN and PR
ligate)
Glykon
snake with fishtail and long double tongue in 4 elaborated coils erected r., on neck and
head mane of 8 rays each with dot
above, which passes into the name
NIKOPOLEITWNref. a) not in
AMNG b)
Varbanov (engl.) 4140
c)
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2015) No. 8.36.22.1
about VF
It's a nice feature to let the mane pass into the
ethnic. The vertical lines of the N were treated in the same way as the rays of the mane even with dots above!
Best regards