RPC VII.2, 1271

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1271
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ(ΟΝ)
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head right, spreading wings, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 2098 and 2103
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278063, Löbb. AMNG 2098/1
2 2     BBAW: 53
3 3     Agora 52, 22 Mar. 2016, lot 80
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 140 = Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 467
9 9     Elsen 54, 13 June 1998, lot 611
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 67, 2 May 1994, lot 712 = Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 690 = Gorny & Mosch 62, 20 April, lot 564
11 11     Künker 71, 12 Mar. 2002, lot 1231 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 713
12 12     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 850