Odessos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 16063)
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 16063. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos with cornucopia, left. Reverse: Veiled Demeter standing left, wearing long garment, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.83 g (mean of 1 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
- Veiled Demeter standing left, wearing long garment, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ ΜΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16063
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16063
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. 1515
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2335-6
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1515
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution