RPC VII.2, 1272

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1272
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Sab(inius?) Modestus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρο(ν)
Translation (under) consular governor Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Gordian III riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.14 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 2094
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278056, Rauch AMNG 2094/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 141 = Gorny & Moch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1278
6 6     Freeman & Sear 3, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 791
7 7     Hirsch 189, 7 Feb. 1996, lot 758
8 8     Münzzentrum 88, 7 July 1997, lot 207 = Künker 24, 10 Mar. 1993, lot 510
9 9     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 880