RPC VII.2, 1264

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1264
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
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 Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting on tympanum; at feet, a lion on each side of the throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2070
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΥΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 37929
2 2     Gotha: 1./Co3170 AMNG 2070/1
3 3     Aretusa 2, 13 May 1994, lot 432 = Rauch 50, 19 Apr. 1993, lot 369 = Hirsch 185, 15 February 1995, lot 1224
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 204, 11 Feb. 2009, lot 52
6 6     cgb.fr MBS 43, 29 Apr. 2010, lot 541
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Emporium Hamburg 54, 17 Nov. 2005, lot 635
10 10     Kölner Münzkabinett 45, 16 Nov. 1987, lot 279
11 11     Private coll.
12 12     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 879