RPC VII.2, 1259

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1259
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ
Edition ὑπατείας Σαβινίου? Μοδεστοῦ Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ 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 Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.98 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 292