Dionysopolis, Gordian III., bronze coin — Asclepius standing facing (CN type 12822)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 238–244
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III., dated AD 238–244. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12822 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. Legend: // ΑVΤ Κ [Μ] [ΑΝΤWΝΙΟᛈ] ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand. Legend: ΔΙΟΝVᛈΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.83 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, nr. 394; Tachev, Yanislav, The Coinage of Dionysopolis IV century BC - III century AD, Sofia 2020, p. 568, nr. 71-75, pl. 41; Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022, nr. 1620; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 5
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Historical context
Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior issued civic coinage during the Roman Imperial Period. Gordian III reigned as Roman emperor from 238 to 244, having acceded at the age of 13 to become the second-youngest sole emperor of the united Roman Empire. His reign, spanning until c. February 244, forms the chronological and imperial context for civic bronzes produced by provincial cities such as Dionysopolis.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.83 g (mean of 1 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
- Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- // ΑVΤ Κ [Μ] [ΑΝΤWΝΙΟᛈ] ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΟΝVᛈΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12822
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12822
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 394
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 568, nr. 71-75, pl. 41
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1620
- external concordance
Research required
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