RPC VII.2, 1323

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1323
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Sab(inius?) Modestus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ 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 Tranquillina, diademed and draped, standing right, clasping hands with Gordian III, laureate and togate, standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2096
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 897 AMNG 2096/2
2 2     B: 18278061, 1900/469
3 3     B: 18278059, I-B AMNG 2096/1, pl. XIX.25, rev.
4 4     O: Walker
5 5     V: GR 8164 AMNG 2096/3
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CNG EA 135, 15 Mar. 2006, lot 40 = Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1844
9 9     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 138 = CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 103
10 10     CNG EA 276, 21 Mar. 2012, lot 261
11 11     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 242
12 12     Münzzentrum Rheinland 175, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 397
13 13     Rauch EA 23, 24 June 2017, lot 1728 = VAuctions 266, 7 July 2011, lot 109 = Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 591
14 14     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 827
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 2, 30 Aug. 2018, lot 470 = Emporium Hamburg 54, 17 Nov. 2005, lot 636
16 16     Savoca Blue 2, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 567
17 17     VAuctions 296, 14 Feb. 2013, lot 43