RPC VII.2, 1257

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1257
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 35651
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Fischer 168, 17 May 2019, lot 157
5 5     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 32, 7 June 2015, lot 272 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 167, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 218 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 2, 7 Apr. 2013, lot 140 = Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 593
6 6     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 852 = Rauch 74, 7 Dec. 2004, lot 291
7 7     Varesi 49, 18 Apr. 2007, lot 948