Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE Pentassarion (12.46g, 29mm). Sabinus Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore, 241-4 AD. Varbanov 4246

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Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE Pentassarion (12.46g, 29mm). Sabinus Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore, 241-4 AD. Obv.: AYT K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: ΥΠ CΑB ΜΟΔΕCΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠOΛΕΙΤ(ΩΝ) ΠΡΟC / ΙCΤΡΟΝ Zeus seated left, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left; at his feet, eagle standing left, head right. H&J 8.36.1.2var. (radiate bust); Varbanov 4246. gVF.