MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (29mm, 12.98 g, 6h). Sabinus Modestus,
legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 241-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Istros reclining left, holding reed and resting elbow on urn from which water flows. HH&J 8.36.32.1; AMNG 2069; RPC VII.2 1297; Varbanov 4220. Red-brown patina. VF.
Ex Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.