Deultum, Gordian III., 4 unit (CN type 177)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Deultum in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 177. Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, raising right arm, holding sceptre in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–25 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.42 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Deultum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
- Reverse type
- Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, raising right arm, holding sceptre in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
- Reverse legend
- COL FL PAC DEVLT
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/177
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 177
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 bibliographyp. 119, nr. 375
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 366, nr. 1305-1311
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