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A provincial coin of the emperor Gordian III with a reverse showing Nemesis 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: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ
Reverse: 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.
VP C(AB MOΔECT)OV NIKOΠOΛEITΩN ΠROC IC
Provenance: denachaeus (eBay), April 2006
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 4136; AMNG I 2080.
BW Ref: 039 024 080
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Note: For a discussion of what Nemesis is carrying, see this footnote.

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