MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III, 238-244. (Bronze, 26 mm, 11.30 g, 12 h), struck under the legate Sabinius Modestus, 241-244. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔΕCΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛ/ΕΙΤΩΝ /ΠΡΟC ΙCΤ/ΡΟΝ Emperor on horseback charging right, raising javelin in right hand and holding reins with left. H&J 8.36.34.4. Varbanov 4253. Brown patina. Very fine.
From the J. Metzger Collection.