RPC VII.2, 1270

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1270
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, 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 πρὸς 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 27 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 2101
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 486 = AMNG 2101/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Künker 29, 8 Mar. 1995, lot 2329
11 11     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 882
12 12     T. Mullally coll.