RPC VII.2, 1300

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1300
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρο(ν)
Translation (under) consular governor Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.41 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 2046
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.51
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15376
3 3     Budapest SNG 479
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 104, 9 Oct. 2000, lot 586 = Lanz 64, 7 June 1993. lot 726
9 9     ✸ Hirsch 338, 9 May 2018, lot 762 = Hirsch 332, 20 Sept. 2017, lot 2610 = Hirsch 225, 13 Feb. 2003, lot 1991
10 10     SNG Evelpidis 865