Dionysopolis, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 16169)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16169. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. Reverse: Demeter standing left, wearing long garment, holding three ears of corn in lowered right hand and resting on long torch in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–29 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.63 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dionysopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- 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, left.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, wearing long garment, holding three ears of corn in lowered right hand and resting on long torch in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΝΤWΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ // ΑVΤ Κ Μ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16169
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16169
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. 1624
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 387
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1624
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution