RPC VII.2, 1307

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1307
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ(Ρ)
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρ(ον)
Translation (under) consular governor Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design coiled serpent, with nimbus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 1, 9, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 2104
Specimens 19 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligatures, or with ΜΟΔƐϹΤΟΥ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1892,0611.4
2 2     O: Evans
3 3     V: GR 8169 AMNG 2104/2
4 4     Warsaw: 60626
5 5     Yale: 2005.6.149
6 6     Yale: 2004.6.435
7 7     Agora 13, 8 July 2014, lot 45
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. = CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 465
13 13     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 245
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CNG EA 157, 31 Jan. 2007, lot 57
16 16     CNG EA 412, 17 Jan. 2018, lot 351
17 17     CNG EA 422, 13 June 2018, lot 383 = CNG EA 252, 23 Mar. 2011, lot 243
18 18     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 138
19 19     Marti Hervera and Soler & Llach 1068, 25 Oct. 2011, lot 2764