RPC VII.2, 1302

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1302
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
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 ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2043–4
Specimens 18 (4 in the core collections)
Note AMNG 2043, in error, was read ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1291 BMC 76 = AMNG 2044/1
2 2     B: 18277693, 1906 Löbb. AMNG 2043/1
3 3     NY: 1997.32.206
4 4     V: GR 8153 AMNG 2043/5
5 5     Budapest SNG 481
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Cast in BBAW
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Elsen 87, 11 Mar. 2006, lot 1720
12 12     Goldberg 70, 4 Sept. 2012, lot 3369
13 13     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4230
14 14     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 225 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 284
15 15     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 1, 10 Mar. 2013, lot 95
16 16     Solidus Summer 32, 28 July 2018, lot 134
17 17     T. Mullally coll.
18 18     VAuctions 297, 28 Feb. 2013, lot 63