RPC VII.2, 1311

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1311
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Σαβ(—) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Sab(inus?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Tyche (?) standing left, holding cornucopia, sometimes on base; globe on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.17 g
Axis 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     ✸ Grün 71, 16 May 2017, lot 1572 = Grün 63, 15 May 2014, lot 61 = Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 148 = Münzzentrum 85, 27 Mar. 1996, lot 249 = Künker 30, 27 Sept. 1995, lot 304
3 3     Hirsch 309, 7 May 2015, lot 628
4 4     Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 857
5 5     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 871