RPC VII.2, 1326

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1326
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Gordianus Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Νικοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Nicopolitans
Reverse design Eros, holding whip, on lion advancing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.70 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Yale: 2008.83.123 Hirsch 186, 12 May 1995, lot 1322
2 2     Baldwin’s The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 647 = Baldwin’s The New York Sale II, 2 Dec. 1999, lot 145 = Peus 360, 27 Apr. 1999, lot 577
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG 39, 18 Sept. 1996, lot 916 = Gorny & Mosch, 22 Apr. 1996, lot 295
7 7     CNG EA 259, 6 July 2011, lot 226
8 8     Elsen 71, 20 Sept. 2002, lot 882
9 9     Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 209
10 10     Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 780
11 11     T. Mullally coll.