Maroneia, Trebonianus Gallus, 3 unit — Nude Dionysus standing left (CN type 1343)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 251–253
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Maroneia in Thrace under Trebonianus Gallus, dated AD 251–253. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1343 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two thyrsoi. Legend: ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.32 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 22–23 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987, p. 218, nr. 1724; Amandry et al., RPC IX: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. IX: From Trajan Decius to Uranius Antonius (Ad 249-254), London: Paris 2016, p. 80, nr. 162; Linked type corpus, RPC IX, 162.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.32 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trebonianus Gallus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two thyrsoi.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
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/1343
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1343
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 218, nr. 1724
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 80, nr. 162
- external concordanceRPC IX, 162
Varieties
Maroneia, Trebonianus Gallus, 3 unit (CN type 1342)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Research required
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