RPC VII.2, 1316

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1316
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ(ΟΝ)
Edition ὑπατείας Σαβ— Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον 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 11.95 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2083
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, with ligature ΑΥΓ, and, on the rev., sometimes ΜΟΔƐϹΤΟΥ, or ΠΡΟϹ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 75 = AMNG 2083/1
2 2     ✸ B: 18278046, 1902/1008
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 209
8 8     Hirsch 258, 25 Sept. 2008, lot 2649