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LOT 2774

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46


Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.

Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. 12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.

Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.

PROVENANCE:
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection;
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.

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