Markianopolis, Gordian III., bronze coin — Turreted Cybele enthroned left (CN type 22474)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22474 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. Legend: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Turreted Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on drum; at her feet, two lions seated left. Ground line. Border of dots. Legend: VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.33 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27–28 mm (from 3 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. 1358; Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, nr. 1152; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.2, 1358.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
This coin was issued under Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus), who served as Roman emperor from 238 to 244 after becoming the second-youngest sole emperor of the empire at age 13. It was struck at Marcianopolis (also known as Parthenopolis), an ancient Greek and later Roman capital city located in Moesia Inferior. Moesia itself was an imperial Roman province created after the Danubian-Hæmus conquest south of the Danube River.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.33 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Markianopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left.
- Reverse type
- Turreted Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on drum; at her feet, two lions seated left. Ground line. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
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/22474
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22474
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. 1358
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1152
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1358
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution