RPC VII.2, 1278

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1278
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 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 Hermes standing left, right foot on rock, holding caduceus, purse and chalmys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.63 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2057
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 478 = AMNG 2057/1
2 2     NY: 1997.32.208
3 3     V: GR 8158 AMNG 2057/2
4 4     Blagoevgrad: 1.5.11/12786 CCCHBulg IV 316
5 5     Budapest SNG 486
6 6     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 151 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 123
10 10     CNG 30, 11 June 1994, lot 473 = CNG 27, 29 Sept. 1993, lot 1198 = Hirsch 174, 13 May 1992, lot 994
11 11     CNG EA 400, 28 June 2017, lot 503
12 12     Peus 329, 31 Oct. 1990, lot 564