RPC VII.2, 1287

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1287
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(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Π(Ρ)ΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ(Ο)
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, holding cubit rule and bridle; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2076–8
Specimens 31 (8 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909,0504.14
2 2     ✸ P: L 2262 AMNG 2077/3-4
3 3     P: 890 AMNG 2077/3-4
4 4     B: 18278036, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18278035, Rauch AMNG 2076/1
6 6     Cop SNG 288 = AMNG 2077/2
7 7     NY: 1997.32.139
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     Budapest SNG 490
10 10     Münster: M 476
11 11     Warsaw: 60625
12 12     Yale: 2001.87.2762
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     Cast in BBAW
20 20     Cast in BBAW
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 135
25 25     CNG EA 323, 26 Mar. 2014, lot 206
26 26     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 135
27 27     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1901
28 28     Münzzentrum Rheinland 177, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 178
29 29     Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 439
30 30     Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 587 = Roma Numismatics EA 24, 30 Jan. 2016, lot 283 = Hirsch 269, 23 Sept. 2010, lot 2933
31 31     Vico EA 1, 16 Sept. 2014, lot 218