RPC VII.2, 1268

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1268
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, on thunderbolt, spreading wings, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: L 2263
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1689
5 5     Künker 34, 8 Oct. 1996, lot 548