RPC VII.2, 1261

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1261
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(Ν) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντών(ιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor 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 ΙϹΤ(ΡΟΝ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Σαβ(—) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Sab(inus?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.97 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 16 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 476
2 2     Budapest SNG 483
3 3     Áureo & Calicó 262, 18 Sept. 2014, lot 526
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Emporium Hamburg FPL 211, Feb. 2004, lot 258
11 11     Emporium Hamburg FPL 218, Aug. 2007, lot 461
12 12     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 142
13 13     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1897 = Emporium Hamburg 52, 18 Nov. 2004, lot 426
14 14     Hirsch 165, 14 Feb. 1990, lot 895
15 15     Münzzentrum Rheinland 108, 5 Sept. 2001, lot 218
16 16     ✸ Münzzentrum Rheinland 176, 11 May 2016, lot 302