RPC VII.2, 1263

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1263
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(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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
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 12.71 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2107
Specimens 24 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the obv. and on the rev., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 898 AMNG 2107/4
2 2     B: 18278064, Löbb. AMNG 2107/2
3 3     B: 18278066, 1899/468 AMNG 2107/2
4 4     C: Leake AMNG 2107/1
5 5     ✸ O: HCR6860
6 6     Budapest SNG 503
7 7     Rome Cap. cast in BBAW
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 136
12 12     CNG EA 155, 3 Jan. 2007, lot 236 = Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1593
13 13     CNG EA 176, 14 Nov. 2007, lot 204
14 14     CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 143
15 15     CNG EA 184, 19 Mar. 2008, lot 92
16 16     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 217
17 17     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 239
18 18     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 267 = Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 589 = Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 490
19 19     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1846
20 20     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 134
21 21     Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 594
22 22     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 859
23 23     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 553
24 24     VAuctions 306, 21 May 2014, lot 294 = Lanz 155, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 642