RPC VII.2, 1322

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1322
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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
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 Zeus standing left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.87 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 2042
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 882 AMNG 2042/5
2 2     Cop SNG 286 = AMNG 2042/1
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW
5 5     ✸ CGT coll. = Auctiones 46, 27 Mar. 2016, lot 17
6 6     Müller 73, 26 Feb. 1993, lot 112
7 7     Solidus EA 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 156