RPC VII.2, 1305

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1305
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll.
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 130
6 6     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4232
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 5, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 120 = Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 108 = Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 224
8 8     Lanz 48, 22 May 1989, lot 693
9 9     M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 384