RPC VII.2, 1252

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1252
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Sab(inius?) Modestus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; at feet, dog
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2049–50
Specimens 16 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΠΡΟϹ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 886 AMNG 2050/2
2 2     B: 18277870, 1900 I-B AMNG 2049/1
3 3     ✸ O: Evans
4 4     V: GR 8155 AMNG 2050/3
5 5     Gotha: 1./Co3166 AMNG 2050/1
6 6     Yale: 2004.6.434
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = Solidus EA 89, 16 Nov. 2021, lot 1026 = Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1896
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 139
13 13     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1895
14 14     Münzzentrum Rheinland 176, 11 May 2016, lot 301
15 15     Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 191
16 16     Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 475 = Roma Numismatics EA 18, 27 June 2015, lot 696