RPC VII.2, 1290

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1290
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
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 ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, raising hand to lips, and holding cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2072
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C McClean 4405
2 2     O: Walker Müller 55, 12 June 1987, lot 140
3 3     V: GR 8162 AMNG 2072/1
4 4     Agora 64, 24 Jan. 2017, lot 86
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Emporium Hamburg FPL 218, Aug. 2007, lot 458
10 10     Emporium Hamburg FPL 219, Feb. 2008, lot 527
11 11     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 857
12 12     Leipziger Münzhandlung & Höhn 40, 8 Oct. 2004, lot 1148
13 13     Marti Hervera and Soler & Llach 1071, 8 May 2012, lot 2706