cn coin 6859
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cn coin 6859

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CN Type 6572 🔍

Mint
Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Had_0462_V230 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ - ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Α*VΓ*
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Had_0464_R450 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ-Π-ΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Artemis standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, fluttering cloak and a quiver at shoulder, holding long lighted torch in both hands. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
26 mm
Weight
8.94 g
Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg

Provenience: Sammlung Avramov

Public Commentary

Die Varbanov-Referenz (S.307, Nr. 3721) auf diesen Typ ist falsch.

Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 196, nr. 464.2 

Literature

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 196, nr. 464

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 307, nr. 3719-3720

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cn coin 6859, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6859 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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