RPC VII.2, 1317

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1317
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 ΑΝΤΩ(Ν) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντών(ιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2082
Specimens 29 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     V: GR 8163 AMNG 2082/4
3 3     Budapest SNG 493
4 4     Budapest SNG 494
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     Cast in BBAW
12 12     Cast in BBAW
13 13     Cast in BBAW
14 14     Cast in BBAW
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3254
25 25     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1902
26 26     M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 385
27 27     OTH coll.
28 28     Private coll.
29 29     Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 379