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cn coin 16963

Connected to Type

CN Type 1125 🔍

Mint
Deultum 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
IMP AVG GORDIANVS
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
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Reverse
Legend
C F P D
Design
Beehive (or fountain of Meta Sudans) set on base.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
18.8 mm
Weight
3.53 g
Axis
7
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1975,0411.28

Public Commentary

Draganov: Fountain of Meta Sudans.

Citation

Draganov, The Coinage of Deultum, Sofia 2007 p. 384, nr. 1441-1442  ❐

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Deultum, Berlin 1973 p. 110, nr. 313  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 237, nr. 2881 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 237, nr. 2881 ❐

Draganov, The Coinage of Deultum, Sofia 2007 p. 384, nr. 1441-1442 ❐

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Deultum, Berlin 1973 p. 110, nr. 313 ❐

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cn coin 16963, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_16963 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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