RPC VII.2, 1254

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1254
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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2059–61
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΙϹΤΡΟΝ without ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1838,0921.84 BMC 77 = AMNG 2059/2
2 2     P: 883 AMNG 2060/1
3 3     G SNG 989
4 4     Mu SNG 480 = AMNG 2059/3
5 5     V: GR 8159 AMNG 2060/2
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     CNG EA 259, 6 July 2011, lot 225
12 12     CNG EA 301, 24 Apr. 2013, lot 159
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1799
14 14     Lanz 60, 11 June 1992, lot 760
15 15     Noble 102, 9 Apr. 2013, lot 4145 = CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 323