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Ilion, Gordian III., semis — In right field Paris sittling left (CN type 20262)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 238–244

Issuing entity

Troas

Semis in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas 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 20262 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ. Reverse: In right field Paris sittling left, the apple in his raised right hand; before him, the three goddesses (Aphrodite, Athena, Hera) standing right. Legend: ΙΛΙЄΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.11 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 18.5–19.8 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961, p. 76, nr. T287; Fritze, Die Münzen von Ilion, Athen 1902, p. 501, nr. 112.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
semis
Recorded diameter
18.5–19.8 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.11 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Ilion
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
In right field Paris sittling left, the apple in his raised right hand; before him, the three goddesses (Aphrodite, Athena, Hera) standing right.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ
Reverse legend
ΙΛΙЄΩΝ

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/20262
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20262

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