RPC VII.2, 1292

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1292
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) 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 Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.55 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2073–4
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 892 AMNG 2074/2
2 2     B: 18278034, 1921 Adler AMNG 2073/1
3 3     C: Lewis 1223
4 4     ✸ Mu SNG 482 = AMNG 2073/2
5 5     V: GR 33179
6 6     Warsaw: 84907
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     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 338, 5 Nov. 2014, lot 168
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Emporium Hamburg FPL 218, Aug. 2007, lot 463
16 16     Künker 24, 10 Mar. 1993, lot 507
17 17     Dix Noonan Webb 147, 12 June 2018, lot 1343