RPC VII.2, 1289

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1289
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(W) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔƐϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹ(ΤΡ)(Ο)
Reverse design Nemesis standing l., holding cubit rule and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Metal Æ
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.06 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2079–80
Specimens 16
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature; on the rev., sometimes ΠΡΟϹ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     P: 891 AMNG 2080/3
2     B: 18278037, 1862 Sperling AMNG 2080/1
3     G SNG 991 = AMNG 2080/2
4     Mu SNG 483 = AMNG 2079/1
5     ✸ V: GR 8161 AMNG 2079/2
6     Budapest SNG 491
7     Yale: 2004.6.437
8     C. Rhodes coll.
9     C. Rhodes coll.
10     C. Rhodes coll.
11     CGT coll.
12     CGT coll.
13     CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 101
14     CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 99
15     Künker EA 19, 26 June 2013, lot 500 = Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 452
16     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1067