RPC VII.2, 1296

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1296
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design river god Istrus reclining left, right hand resting on prow of ship, the other on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 2067
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     N AMNG 2067/1, pl. XVIII, 2 rev. = cast in BBAW
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 361, 14 Oct. 2015, lot 788
4 4     M&M GmbH 40, 4 June 2014, lot 348
5 5     Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 283