RPC VII.2, 1277

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1277
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 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 ΙϹΤ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδεστοῦ Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστ(ρῳ)
Translation during the (pro)uconsulship of Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.73 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2058
Specimens 19 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΥΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.52
2 2     P: 884 AMNG 2058/3
3 3     Mu SNG 479 = AMNG 2058/2
4 4     V: GR 8157 AMNG 2058/4
5 5     BBAW: 51 CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 202 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 385 = Hirsch 279–80, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 4822 = Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 592
6 6     Münster: M 475
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     Cast in BBAW
13 13     cgb.fr MBS 28, 8 Feb. 2007, lot 282 = Elsen 87, 11 Mar. 2006, lot 1721
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 238
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1755
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 378
18 18     T. Mullally coll.
19 19     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 29