RPC VII.2, 1310

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1310
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 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 ΙϹΤ(ΡΟΝ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Σαβ(—) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Sab(inus?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Tyche (?) standing left, holding cornucopia, sometimes on base; globe on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2087–90
Specimens 31 (2 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes, on the rev., ΠΡΟϹ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1838,0921.83 BMC 78 = AMNG 2087/1
2 2     Cop SNG 290 = AMNG 2089/1
3 3     Sofia RHM: 199, Rizov coll. CCCHBulg IX 766
4 4     Yale: 2004.6.436 Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 3, 1997, lot 287
5 5     Agora 42, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 62
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     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     Cast in BBAW
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     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 137
24 24     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 137
25 25     CNG EA 279, 16 May 2012, lot 153
26 26     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1672
27 27     Hirsch 289, 2 May 2013, lot 987
28 28     iNumis MBS 30, 13 Oct. 2015, lot 419
29 29     Monnaies d'Antan MBS 7, 21 May 2010, lot 321
30 30     Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 122
31 31     Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 437