Tomis, Gordian III., bronze coin — Emperor in military attire standing facing (CN type 16217)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 238–244
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Tomis 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 16217 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, gorgoneion on cuirass, holding hand in front of chest and globe. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Emperor (Gordian III) in military attire standing facing, head left, wearing cuirass and boots, holding patera in outstretched right hand and spear in left hand; behind him Nike standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, crowning emperor with laurel wreath in right hand, holding palm branch in left arm. Legend: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΟᛈ.
Measured specimens give a mean weight of 22.97 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 28–35 mm (from 2 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, nr. 1675; Pick and Regling, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. 2. Halbbd., Abt. 1: Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. Die Münzen von Odessos und Tomis; mit einer Ergänzungstafel, Berlin 1910, nr. 3367; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.2, 1675.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28–35 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 22.97 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, gorgoneion on cuirass, holding hand in front of chest and globe.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Gordian III) in military attire standing facing, head left, wearing cuirass and boots, holding patera in outstretched right hand and spear in left hand; behind him Nike standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, crowning emperor with laurel wreath in right hand, holding palm branch in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΟᛈ
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/16217
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16217
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. 1675
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3367
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1675
Research required
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