Tomis, Gordian III., bronze coin — Athena standing facing (CN type 16309)
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 16309 (issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹЄ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛЄΙΝΑ. Reverse: Athena standing facing, head left, wearing a helmet and long garment, holding inverted spear in left hand and resting right hand on partly inclined shield. Legend: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜЄΩϹ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.24 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 26.8–28 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. 1689; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values I, 2005, nr. 5680; 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. 3522; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.2, 1689.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.8–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.24 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing facing, head left, wearing a helmet and long garment, holding inverted spear in left hand and resting right hand on partly inclined shield.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹЄ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛЄΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜЄΩϹ
Identification
- 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/16309
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16309
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 bibliographynr. 1689
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 5680
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3522
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1689
Research required
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