cn type 16180
cn type 16180-0
cn type 16180-1
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cn type 16180

Mint
Dionysopolis 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

238–244 AD

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΝΤWΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ // ΑVΤ Κ Μ
Design
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΔΙΟΝVϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 26.1 mm
Average Weight
10.54 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x) 7 (1x)
Citation

Tachev, Yanislav, The Coinage of Dionysopolis IV century BC - III century AD, Sofia 2020 p. 576, nr. 135, pl. 45  ((but wrong description: cornucopia instead of cubit rule))  ❐

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. 1635  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1635 ❐

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cn type 16180, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/16180 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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