Dionysopolis, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 12821)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior5 unit in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12821. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. Reverse: Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26.6–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.26 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dionysopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left.
- Reverse type
- Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑΝΤW ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ // ΑVΤ Κ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΟΝVᛈΟΠ-ΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12821
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12821
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 400
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 580-582, nr. 147-163, pl. 47-48
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution