Kallatis, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 16197)
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 Kallatis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16197. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on tympanum; at her feet, two lions.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.48 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kallatis
- 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
- Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on tympanum; at her feet, two lions.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16197
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16197
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. 1653
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 343
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1653
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution