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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7979580, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting post - it provoked me to look through my Nicaea AEs to see if there were any radiates - I have a few, with only one that is supposedly &quot;rare&quot; - a seated Zeus type, rather than the standards reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384869[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(c. 222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Bithynia, Nicaea</b></p><p>M AY(P?) X AΛEΞAN[ΔP]O[C]AV radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN Zeus seated left, legs crossed, holding patera and scepter</p><p>Rec Gen II.3 p. 472, 582;</p><p>BMC Pontus -; Lindgren -</p><p>(2.86 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $1.05</p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Could only find one of these, with radiate bust and Zeus reverse; FORVM listing, noted as &quot;very rare&quot; attributed thusly: </p><p>Rec Gen II.3 p. 472, 582;</p><p>BMC Pontus -;</p><p>Lindgren -;</p><p>SGICV -,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other radiates I have are the standards type, none for Elagabalus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384839[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 22</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Bithynia, Nicaea</b></p><p>[Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥ(Η)]ΑΛE[ΖΑΝΔΡΟC Α<u>ΥΓ]</u>, radiate, dr. &amp; cuir. bust r. / ΝI−Κ−ΑΙ−Ε / [ΩΝ] between 3 legionary standards (2-2-2 badges; 1-1-1 bars, 1-1-1 ribbons above each).</p><p>RPC VI, 3260 (temporary).</p><p>(4.22 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $0.86</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384840[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Bithynia, Nicaea</b></p><p>Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥ ΑΛΕ[ΞΑΝΔΡΟCΑΥ Γ], radiate, draped &amp; cuir. bust right / Ν-ΙΚ−ΑΙ−Ε / ΩΝ between 3 legionary standards (1-2-1 badges; 2-1-2 bars each).</p><p>RPC VI, 3201 (temporary); RecGen I-III 617.</p><p>(3.83 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lot @ $0.73</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384838[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(c. 238-244 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Bithynia, Nicaea</b></p><p>Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡ[ΔΙΑΝΟϹ Α...]radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust [N]-I-K-A-[E] / ΩN, between 4 standards (1-2-2-1 badges, 2-1-1-2 bars), 2 inner topped with eagles, 2 outer topped with crowns (RPC).</p><p>(1.64 grams / 17 x 15 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lot @ $3.33</p><p><b>Attribution Notes: </b></p><p>Very small flan, possible imitative, though style is fine-ish.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Bust seen from front, thus RPC number</p><p>RPC VII.2 19866 (unassigned);</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384843[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(c. 238-244 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Bithynia, Nicaea</b></p><p>M ANT ΓOPΔ[IANO]C A, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right / N-IK-AI-Ε / ΩΝ between three standards decorated on top with wreaths and Aquila.</p><p>RG 716. SNG von Aulock 653.</p><p>(2.17 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $1.05[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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