RPC VII.2, 1262

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1262
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) 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 ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
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 city gate
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.74 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     CGT coll. = VAuctions 303, 31 Jan. 2014, lot 117
3 3     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 204 = Hirsch 263, 24 Sept. 2009, lot 2890 = Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1806
4 4     ✸ Lanz 155, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 641
5 5     Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 217