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
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 ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design serpent coiled around tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2106
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

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