Tomis, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 22479)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin type in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22479. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand. Ground line. Broder of dots.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
28.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
14.76 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Tomis
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
Reverse type
Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand. Ground line. Broder of dots.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒΙΝΑ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜЄΩϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22479
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22479

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