RPC VII.2, 1309

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1309
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 temple with four columns enclosing Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre; globe on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.43 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 2085
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 2004,0405.2
2 2     B: 18278047, I-B AMNG 2085/1, pl. XX.22, rev.
3 3     Budapest SNG 496
4 4     Budapest SNG 497
5 5     ✸ Leeds-UL: 1450
6 6     Yale: 2005.6.150
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 136
12 12     CNG EA 178, 12 Dec. 2007, lot 68
13 13     Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 802
14 14     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 698