RPC VII.2, 1281

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1281
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
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 ΙϹΤΡΟ(Ν)
Reverse design Homonoia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2081
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obv. and on the rev., sometimes no ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 484 = AMNG 2081/2
2 2     V: GR 8166 AMNG 2081/5
3 3     Budapest SNG 492
4 4     Gotha: 1./Co3169 AMNG 2081/1
5 5     N: 6322 AMNG 2081/3 = cast in BBAW
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     CNA 10, 21 Mar. 1990, lot 343
12 12     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 139 = CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 102
13 13     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 239 = Freeman & Sear 3, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 789
14 14     M&M AG 86, 3 June 1998, lot 57
15 15     Rauch 5, 1 Sept. 2001, lot 287