RPC VII.2, 1318

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1318
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ligature only at ΠΡΟϹ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Agora 64, 24 Jan. 2017, lot 85
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 592
8 8     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 372
9 9     VAuctions 325, 30 June 2017, lot 439 = VAuctions 323, 17 Mar. 2017, lot 338