Tomis, Gordian III., 4 unit (CN type 16330)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16330. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25.5–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.18 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
- Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹЄ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛЄΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ · ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩᛈ ·
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16330
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16330
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. 1707
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 5689
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 899, nr. 3513
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1707
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution