RPC VII.2, 1269

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1269
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(Ν) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντών(ιος) 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 eagle standing facing, head left, on thunderbolt, spreading wings, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.82 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2099–100
Specimens 24 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΙϹΤΡΟΝ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1923,0203.13
2 2     Budapest SNG 501
3 3     Freiburg: 11449
4 4     Gotha: 1./Co3165 AMNG 2099/3
5 5     Sofia RHM: 680 CCCHBulg IX 765
6 6     Tübingen SNG 834 = AMNG 2100/1
7 7     Baldwin’s 99, 4 May 2016, lot 686
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 142
17 17     Elsen 101, 13 June 2009, lot 280 = Elsen 97, 13 Sept. 2008, lot 495 = Elsen 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 937
18 18     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1905
19 19     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1906
20 20     Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 321
21 21     Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 125
22 22     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 849 = Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1642
23 23     Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1082
24 24     ✸ Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1083