RPC VII.2, 1284

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1284
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.98 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2063
Specimens 26 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, with ligatures ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ΠΡ-ΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 2261
2 2     P: 896
3 3     Mu SNG 481 = AMNG 2063/2
4 4     O: Walker
5 5     O: Evans
6 6     Gotha: 1./Co3176
7 7     Sofia RHM: 123, Rizov coll. CCCHBulg IX 767
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     Cast in BBAW
16 16     Cast in BBAW
17 17     Cast in BBAW
18 18     Cast in BBAW
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 248
25 25     CNG EA 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 398
26 26     Numismad 11, 25–26 Nov. 2023, lot 393