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ID:     74000718
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     MOESIA INFERIOR
City:     Nicopolis ad Istrum
Issuer:     Gordian III
Date Ruled:     AD 238-244
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Pentassarion
Date Struck:     AD 238-244
Weight:     14.44 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     AVT • K • M ANTw • ΓΟΡΔΙANOC [AV]G
Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right, aegis on left shoulder; gorgon on breastplate
Reverse Legend:     VΠ CAB MOΔECTOV N–IKOΠΟΛΣΙΤΩΝ (ΩN ligate) ΠΡOC (ΠΡ ligate)ICT
Reverse Description:     Tyche Soteiros (Fortuna Redux) standing left, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm
Mint:     Nicopolis ad Istrum
Primary Reference:     AMNG I 2084 var. (rev. legend)
Reference2:     SNG Cop 289 var. (same)
Reference3:     cf. Varbanov 3321
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97131
Grade:     EF, black-olive patina.
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 718