RPC VII.2, 1312

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1312
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(Ω) 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 temple with four columns enclosing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; globe and arrow on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2091–3
Specimens 36 (6 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278050, 1898/900
2 2     B: 18278055, Löbb. AMNG 2093/1
3 3     G SNG 990
4 4     ✸ Mu SNG 485 = AMNG 2092/1
5 5     NY: 1974.226.15
6 6     V: GR 8167 AMNG 2091/3
7 7     Budapest SNG 498
8 8     Budapest SNG 499
9 9     Cracow: MNK VII-A-9379 SNG 158
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 143
21 21     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 340
22 22     CNG EA 303, 29 May 2013, lot 186
23 23     CNG EA 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 399
24 24     CNG EA 395, 12 Apr. 2017, lot 269
25 25     Elsen 88, 10 June 2006, lot 417
26 26     Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1592
27 27     Gorny & Mosch EA 259, 20 Oct. 2018, lot 3430 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1756 = Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4625
28 28     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 136
29 29     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1903
30 30     iNumis MBS 34, 11 Oct. 2016, lot 162
31 31     Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 367
32 32     Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 190
33 33     Peus 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 804
34 34     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
35 35     Tkalec Apr. 2007, 22 Apr. 2007, lot 300
36 36     VAuctions 322, 13 Dec. 2016, lot 252