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Ruler: | Gordian III as Augustus |
Reigned: | Caesar 238 AD: Augustus 238-244 AD |
Denomination: | AE28 |
Mint: | Nicopolis ad Istrum |
Obverse: | Laureate bust of Gordian right. "AVT. K. M. ΛOPΔIANOC AVΓ" |
Reverse: | Temple facade with four "twisted" columns; in the centre Tyche (?) with kalathos, rudder (?) and cornucopiae, standing left. "VΠ CAB. MOΔECTOV NIKOΠOΛEITΩ NΠP" In exergue: "ΠPOΣ IΣTPON" |
Reference: | Pick, AMNG I, vol 1, 2091 |
Weight: | 14.1 gms |
Diameter: | 28.2 mm |
Comment: | Nicopolis ad Istrum was in Moesia Inferior: present day Bulgaria |
GORDIAN III (M. Antonius Gordianus)
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