GORDIAN III, AE 238 Bythinia NIkaia Radiate 3 eagles on 3 standards NIKAIEΩN VF

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Gordian III 238-244
Æ
Struck in the Roman Provincial city of Nicaea in Bythinia
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust r. / 3 military standards. 3 eagles above,
NIKAIEΩN.
SNG Copenhagen 526-7 var.
19mm,  3.01 grams
nice green patina XF
In the reign of
Constantine
, 325, the celebrated
First Council of Nicaea
was held there against the
Arian
heresy
, and the prelates there defined more clearly the concept of the
Trinity
and drew up the
Nicene Creed
. The
doctrine
of the Trinity was finalized at the Council of Constantinople in 381 AD which expressly included the Holy Ghost as equal to the Father and the Son. The first Nicene Council was probably held in what would become the now ruined mosque of Orchan. The church of Hagia Sophia was built by
Justinian I
in the middle of the city in the 6th century (modelled after the larger
Hagia Sophia
in Constantinople), and it was there that the
Second Council of Nicaea
met in 787 to discuss the issues of
iconography
.
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