MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (28mm, 10.72 g, 6h). Sabinus Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 241-244. VF.Electronic Auction 535 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (28mm, 10.72 g, 6h). Sabinus Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 241-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Istros reclining left, holding reed and resting elbow on urn from which water flows. HH&J 8.36.32.1; RPC VII.2 1297; AMNG 2069; Varbanov 4220. Red-brown patina, minor roughness. VF. |