RPC VII.2, 1301

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1301
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπατείας Σαβ— Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον ὑπ(ατείας) Σαβ(—) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Sab(inus?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.56 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 2045
Specimens 20 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.13
2 2     B: 18277862, Löbb.
3 3     ✸ O: Evans
4 4     Ankara: 39-18/18-93 Sammlungen Türkei 49
5 5     AMNG 2045/3 = cast in BBAW
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Cast in BBAW
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Freeman & Sear 3, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 787
14 14     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4233
15 15     Künker 24, 10 Mar. 1993, lot 505
16 16     Noble 95, 23 Nov. 2010, lot 5234
17 17     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 878
18 18     Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 294
19 19     SKA Bern 1, 22 Apr. 1983, lot 408
20 20     T. Mullally coll.