Dionysopolis, Gordian III., 4 unit (CN type 16188)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16188. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Great God standing facing, wearing kalathos and long garment, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.12 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dionysopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Great God standing facing, wearing kalathos and long garment, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and cornucopia in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ Α*VΓ*
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16188
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16188
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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 bibliographyp. 554, nr. 4-10, pl. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1644
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 135, nr. 384
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1644
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution