RPC VII.2, 1274

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1274
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟ
Reverse design Gordian III riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     Freeman & Sear 2, 31 Jan. 1991, lot 613
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 92, 20 Nov. 1998, lot 378
4 4     ✸ Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1904
5 5     Hirsch 202, 25 Nov. 1998, lot 540 = Hirsch 191, 24 Sept. 1996, lot 1364 = Hirsch 183, 20 Apr. 1994, lot 1509 = Hirsch 177, 10 Feb. 1993, lot 1165
6 6     Künker FPL 139, Apr. 1998, lot 79