RPC VII.2, 1255

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1255
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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 33 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277878, 1922/310
2 2     C: Leake
3 3     G SNG 988
4 4     NY: 1997.32.98
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15373
6 6     Budapest SNG 487
7 7     Budapest SNG 488
8 8     Yale: 2004.6.438 Peus 369, 31 Oct. 31, 2001, lot 1287
9 9     Agora 61, 27 Sept. 2016, lot 87
10 10     Áureo & Calicó 311, 31 May 2018, lot 64 = Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 924 = Gorny & Mosch 190, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 404 = Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 608 = Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1845 = Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1634
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     CGT coll.
21 21     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 247
22 22     Dorotheum Nov. 2013, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 143
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1641
24 24     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1758
25 25     Gorny & Mosch 245, 7 Mar. 2017, lot 1428
26 26     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4626
27 27     Hirsch 264, 25 Nov. 2009, lot 677
28 28     Lanz 157, 9 Dec. 2013, lot 350
29 29     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 295
30 30     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 851
31 31     Roma Numismatics EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 477
32 32     Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 438
33 33     Sincona AG 1, 29 June 2011, lot 98 = UBS 83, 8 Sept. 2009, lot 317 = UBS 62, 25 Jan. 2005, lot 149