Odessos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 16085)
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 16085. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, wearing a cuirass and paludamentum, and draped bust of Theos Megas, wearing a kalathos and accompanied by a cornucopia, facing each other. Reverse: Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.41 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Odessos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, wearing a cuirass and paludamentum, and draped bust of Theos Megas, wearing a kalathos and accompanied by a cornucopia, facing each other.
- Reverse type
- Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ *ΑVΓ*
- Reverse legend
- ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16085
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16085
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. 1538
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2349-50
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1538
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution