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cn coin 8930

Connected to Type

CN Type 1125 🔍

Mint
Deultum 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

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

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
17 mm
Weight
6.92 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 200, 10. Oktober 2011, Lot-Nr. 2091

Public Commentary

Draganov: Fountain of Meta Sudans.

Literature

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, pl. 98, pic. 1441-1442 ❐

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

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 8930, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8930 [Last downloaded: 2026/05/20]

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