RPC VII.2, 1315

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1315
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 ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, and aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Σαβ(ινίου?) Μοδεστοῦ Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστ(ρῳ)
Translation during the (pro)uconsulship of Sab(inius?) Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.73 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 2084
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 289 = AMNG 2084/1
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CNG EA 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 131 = Freeman & Sear 3, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 790
5 5     CNG Triton X, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 718 = Lanz 144, 26 May 2003, lot 602
6 6     Elsen 67, 15 Sept. 2001, lot 751
7 7     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 860
8 8     Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 801
9 9     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 16, 28 Feb. 2015, lot 334