RPC VII.2, 1279

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1279
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 ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, and aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Hermes standing left, right foot on rock, holding caduceus, purse and chalmys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 2056
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1875,0201.1 BMC 80 = AMNG 2056/3
2 2     B: 18277873, Löbb. AMNG 2056/2, pl. XVI.2, rev.
3 3     V: GR 37930
4 4     Klagenfurt: 735 SNG Dreer 48
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 75
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 118, 14 Oct. 2002, lot 1611
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1800
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1805 = Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1688
11 11     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 220, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 1463 = Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 772
12 12     Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 441 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 176, 11 May 2016, lot 303
13 13     Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 592
14 14     Rauch 74, 7 Dec. 2004, lot 290
15 15     C. Scarlioli coll.