RPC VII.2, 1297

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1297
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 laureate, 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 river god Istrus reclining left, holding reed, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2069
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 895 AMNG 2069/3
2 2     B: 18277883, 1906 Löbb. AMNG 2069/1, pl. XVII.32, rev.
3 3     BBAW: 52 CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 436
4 4     Budapest SNG 489
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll. = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 524
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 716
11 11     CNG EA 233, 26 May 2010, lot 270
12 12     CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 139
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 237, 7 Mar. 2016, lot 1628
14 14     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 141
15 15     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9375
16 16     ✸ Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 320 = Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1084
17 17     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 296
18 18     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 826
19 19     Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 216