RPC VII.2, 1294

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1294
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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design Nike advancing right, holding trophy with both hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2054
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 477 = AMNG 2054/2
2 2     ✸ Gotha: 1./Co3171 AMNG 2054/1
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 686 = Roma Numismatics EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, lot 906