Kallatis, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 16208)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior5 unit in bronze struck at Kallatis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16208. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hades-Serapis enthroned left, extending right hand over Cerberus, left, holding sceptre in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13 g (mean of 2 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
- Hades-Serapis enthroned left, extending right hand over Cerberus, left, holding sceptre in left arm.
- 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/16208
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16208
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 bibliographynr. 1664
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 119, nr. 338
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1664
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution