RPC VII.2, 1295

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1295
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 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 ΙϹΤΡΟ
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 2055
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.128 BMC 74 = AMNG 2055/1
2 2     B: 18277871, Löbb.
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     Budapest SNG 485
5 5     Baldwin’s The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 648
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Freeman & Sear 8, 5 Feb. 2003, lot 319
12 12     Freeman & Sear FPL 4, 1996, lot 149
13 13     Poinsignon FPL 42, June 1997, lot 1559
14 14     Ritter FPL 80, Dec. 2007, lot 471 = Schenk-Behrens 81, 4 May 2001, lot 305 = Schenk-Behrens 72, 4 Dec. 1196, lot 496