RPC VII.2, 1260

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1260
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ(ΡΟΝ)
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 Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 2051–2
Specimens 14 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature, and, on the rev., ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Christ Church
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 258, 22 June 2011, lot 248
7 7     CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 466
8 8     FAC, 9 July 2011, topic 102522, message 658780
9 9     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 263, 7 Mar. 2019, lot 3357 = Gorny & Mosch 97, 11 Oct. 1999, lot 699
10 10     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 858
11 11     Münzzentrum 76, 10 Nov. 1993, lot 83 = Hirsch 177, 10 Feb. 1993, lot 1162
12 12     Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 136
13 13     Rauch 7, 23 Jan. 2004, lot 1134
14 14     A. Tomaszewski coll.