4 Assaria of Gordian III, Emperor of Rome from Nicopolis ad Istrum 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

16.04 g, 12:00, 28.5 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund

Accession Number

2004.6.437

Geography

Made in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior

Culture

Roman

Period

3rd century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

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

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: VP SABIN MODESTOV NIKOPOLEITON PROS around, IS r. field. Nemesis, kalathos on head, standing l. holding staff in r. and cornucopiae in l., wheel on ground to l.
Provenance
Grunow, Berlin, to October 12, 2001; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 2001–4; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

assarion, coins

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