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Dionysopolis, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 16180)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238–244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin type in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16180. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. Reverse: Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
26.1–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.54 g (mean of 2 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
Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.
Obverse legend
ΑΝΤWΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ // ΑVΤ Κ Μ
Reverse legend
ΔΙΟΝVϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16180
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16180

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