4 Assaria of Gordian III, Emperor of Rome from Nicopolis ad Istrum Artist: Unknown
Mint: Nicopolis ad Istrum (Moesia Inferior)
Magistrate: Sabinius Modestus
Ruler: Gordian III, Emperor of Rome, 225–244, ruled 238–44

241–44

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Orichalcum

Dimensions

13.88 g, 1:00, 26.5 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund

Accession Number

2004.6.436

Geography

Made in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior

Culture

Roman

Period

3rd century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: AVT K M ANTO GORDIANOS [Gk.] Bust laureate draped cuirassed r. seen from behind.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: VP SABIN MODESTOV NIKOPOLEI around, TON PROS IST / RON in exergue. Tetrastyle temple within which Tyche standing l. holding cornucopiae in r.
Provenance
Rauch, Vienna, November 3, 1997, cat. 60.1, lot 287; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1997–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

assarion, coins

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