RPC VII.2, 1283

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1283
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 (Ε)ΙϹΤΡΟ(Ν)
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Εἴστρον
Translation (under) consular governor Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.61 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2064–6
Specimens 18 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the obv. and on the rev., sometimes, no ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453
2 2     P: L 2260
3 3     B: 18277881, 1906 Löbb.
4 4     C: Leake AMNG 2065/1
5 5     V: GR 8160 AMNG 2064/1
6 6     Plovdiv cast in BBAW
7 7     Agora 53, 5 Apr. 2016, lot 71 = Agora 48, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 78 = CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 240
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CNG EA 111, 30 Mar. 2005, lot 53
16 16     Emporium Hamburg 52, 18 Nov. 2004, lot 428
17 17     Künker 24, 10 Mar. 1993, lot 506
18 18     Poinsignon FPL 42, June 1997, lot 1560