Odessos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 16056)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Odessos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16056. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos with cornucopia, left. Reverse: Athena standing right, holding spear and shield.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.7–27.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.24 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Odessos
- Region
- Thrace
- 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 with cornucopia, left.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing right, holding spear and shield.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16056
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16056
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. 1510
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2340
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1510
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution