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cn coin 65966

Connected to Type

CN Type 7455 🔍

Mint
Istros 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

c. 238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Gordian III, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ // ΙϹΤΡΟϹ
Design
Bearded river-god reclining left, bare-chested, holding reed in slightly raised right hand, resting left arm on water-urn.
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Symbol
Ε (position: on the left)
Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
29 mm
Weight
12.47 g
Axis
6
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18278138

Provenience: Bernhard-Imhoof 1928

Citation

Imhoof-Blumer, Zur griechischen und römischen Münzkunde, Genf 1908 p. 251, nr. 2  ❐

Imhoof-Blumer, Fluss- und Meergötter auf griechischen und römischen Münzen: Personifikationen der Gewässer 23, 1924 p. 231, nr. 143, pl. 5, pic. 2  (only the reverse illustrated)  ❐

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 p. 333, nr. 1814/2  ❐

Literature

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. 1814 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/400620 ❐

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cn coin 65966, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_65966 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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