Dionysopolis, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 12822)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12822. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
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
- 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
- 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. 394
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 568, nr. 71-75, pl. 41
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1620
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution