Kallatis, Gordian III., bronze coin — Bearded Heracles standing right (CN type 16202)
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 16202 (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: Bearded Heracles standing right, lion skin over left shoulder, resting right hand on club, holding apples of the Hesperides in left hand. Legend: ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.14 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27–28 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). 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, p. 311, nr. 1659; Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, p. 120, nr. 342; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.2, 1659.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.14 g (mean of 3 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
- Bearded Heracles standing right, lion skin over left shoulder, resting right hand on club, holding apples of the Hesperides in left hand.
- 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/16202
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16202
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
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 311, nr. 1659
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 120, nr. 342
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1659
Research required
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