RPC VII.2, 1266

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1266
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 ΠΡΟ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρὸ(ς) Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, spreading wings, wreath in beak, between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.85 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2097 corr.
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15374
2 2     V: GR 8171 AMNG 2097/1
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     iNumis MBS 8, 20 Mar. 2009, lot 359