Markianopolis, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 22474)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22474. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left. 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.
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
- 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
- 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. 1358
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1152
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1358
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution