RPC VII.2, 1256

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1256
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design radiate, 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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2062
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277875, 1900 I-B AMNG 2062/1
2 2     Cop SNG 287 = AMNG 2062/2
3 3     AMNG 2062/3 = cast in BBAW
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 937 = Freeman & Sear FPL 3, 1995, lot 99
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1757
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 137
10 10     Lanz 80, 26 May 1997, lot 546
11 11     Münzzentrum Rheinland 106, 28 Mar. 2001, lot 337