RPC VII.2, 1265

 

Image of specimen #25

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1265
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(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Π(Ρ)ΟϹ ΙϹ(ΤΡ)(ΟΝ)
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 Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.85 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2047–8
Specimens 27 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277868, Löbb.
2 2     B: 18277865, 1902/558
3 3     V: GR 8156 AMNG 2047/2
4 4     Budapest SNG 482
5 5     Sofia RHM: 122, Rizov coll. CCCHBulg IX 768
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     Cast in BBAW
15 15     cgb.fr MBS 24, 24 June 2005, lot 539
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 134
22 22     CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 141
23 23     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1894
24 24     Monnaies d'Antan MBS 7, 21 May 2010, lot 320
25 25     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 422
26 26     Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 377 = Künker 168, 12 Mar. 2010, lot 7828 = CNG EA 215, 29 July 2009, lot 394
27 27     SNG Evelpidis 866