RPC VII.2, 1314

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1314
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ 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 serpent coiled around tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.78 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2106
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll.
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 144 = Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1277
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1688