RPC VII.2, 1267

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1267
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(Ν) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντών(ιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΟΔΕϹΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπατεύοντος Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μοδέστου Νικοπολειτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Modestus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, on thunderbolt, spreading wings, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.71 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 2102
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gotha: 1./Co3164 AMNG 2102/1
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 241