Deultum, Gordian III., 4 unit (CN type 138)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Deultum in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 138. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Oiskos and Thalassa; in the centre, bearded river-god (Oiskos), left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn; in front of him Thalassa, holding staff; in the background, galley under full sail.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Deultum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Oiskos and Thalassa; in the centre, bearded river-god (Oiskos), left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn; in front of him Thalassa, holding staff; in the background, galley under full sail.
- Obverse legend
- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
- Reverse legend
- COL FL PAC DEVLT
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/138
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 138
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 101, nr. 251
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 358, nr. 1252-1254, pl. 85, pic. 1252-1254
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution