Mesembria, Gordian III., 4 unit (CN type 215)
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 Mesembria in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 215. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Serapis standing left, raising right arm, holding sceptre in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23–26 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.96 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Serapis standing left, raising right arm, holding sceptre in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ν
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/215
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 215
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. 404, nr. 34, pl. 134, pic. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 349, nr. 4174
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