Kallatis, Gordian III., bronze coin — Demeter standing left (CN type 16198)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 238–244
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Kallatis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III., dated AD 238–244. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 16198 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Demeter standing left, wearing long garment, holding three ears of corn in outstretched right hand and resting on long torch in left arm. Legend: ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.04 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022, nr. 1654; Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, nr. 339; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.2, 1654.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
This bronze coin was struck at Callatis, an ancient Greek city on the Black Sea coast in Moesia inferior, during the reign of Roman emperor Gordian III. Born Marcus Antonius Gordianus, he became the second-youngest sole ruler of the Roman Empire when he assumed the imperial throne in AD 238 at the age of thirteen. His administration governed until his death around February 244, during which provincial civic centres throughout the empire continued to strike local coinage under his authority.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.04 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
- Demeter standing left, wearing long garment, holding three ears of corn in outstretched right hand and resting on long torch in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16198
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16198
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1654
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 339
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1654
Research required
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