RPC VII.2, 1319

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1319
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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 ΕΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Εἴστρον
Translation (under) consular governor Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2041
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8154 AMNG 2041/2
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     Berk 77, 16 June 1993, lot 510
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     cgb.fr MBS 45, 14 Oct. 2010, lot 474
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 88
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 118, 14 Oct. 2002, lot 1609
11 11     Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 145
12 12     Lanz 80, 26 May 1997, lot 545