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Coin Type: Bronze AE28 of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE. Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 238-244 CE. Size and Weight: 26mm x 28mm, 11.3g Obverse: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VP C(AB MOΔECT)OV NIKOΠOΛEITΩN ΠROC IC Nemesis standing left, wearing kalathos, short rod held out at waist level in right hand in front, cornucopia in left arm behind, wheel in front at feet. IC (end of legend) in right field. Provenance: denachaeus (eBay), April 2006 Ref: Varbanov I (English) 4136; AMNG I 2080. BW Ref: 039 024 080 |
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