238 AD - 244 AD

Nicopolis ad Istrum   Moesia Inferior   Gordianus III
Νικόπολις προς Ιστρον   Κάτω Μοισία   Γορδιάνος Γ'

 AE 26
 SHH 5740

5740 Nicopolis ad Istrum Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE

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Notes
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 Provenance
Donated 		11.48 g   25.0-27.2 mm   2.8 eqmm   6:00 o'clock   VF   centering + / +
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 11.2, rev. 10.9 MS/m
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Gordianus right;
AVT K M ANT Γ / OPΔIΑNOC AVΓ clockwise around; border of dots.
River god Istros reclining left, holding reed and
resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid pours forth;
VΠ CΑV MOΔECTOV NIKOΠOΛEITΩN clockwise around, ΠΡOC ICTPO // N in exergue; border of dots.
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AMNG I/1 2069; Moushmov 1508; Varbanov 4221
Ex CNG 348E/436, 8.4.2005; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection.
Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 11.2018