Kallatis, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 2814)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior5 unit in bronze struck at Kallatis in Moesia inferior under Gordian III. dated ca. 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2814. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Eagle standing right on altar, holding a wreath in beak, between two standards.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.15 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kallatis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right on altar, holding a wreath in beak, between two standards.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2814
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2814
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. 120, nr. 345
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1655
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1655
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution