RPC VII.2, 1298

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1298
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 river god Istrus reclining left, holding reed, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2068
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 4404
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15375
3 3     Winterthur GrMW I, 1094 = AMNG 2068/2
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     cgb.fr MBS 28, 8 Feb. 2007, lot 281
8 8     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 743
9 9     CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 213
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 687
11 11     iNumis MBS 32, 8 Mar. 2016, lot 174
12 12     B. Michaux coll. = Jacquier 52, 15 Sept. 2023, lot 529 = ex. M. Thys coll. = Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 774
13 13     Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 124
14 14     Schenk-Behrens 71, 13 June 1996, lot 662