RPC VII.2, 1291

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1291
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) 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 ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
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 Nemesis standing left, raising hand to lips, and holding cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.03 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2071
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G1874,0715.172 BMC 79 = AMNG 2071/1
2 2     B: 18278030, 1915/181
3 3     NY: 1998.18.9
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 215, 29 July 2009, lot 395 = Auctiones 29, 12 June 2003, lot 182 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 821
8 8     Elsen 54, 13 June 1998, lot 610 = Peus 345, 1 Nov. 1995, lot 745
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1686
10 10     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1900 = Emporium Hamburg FPL 212, Aug. 2004, lot 191