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cn type 16189

Mint
Dionysopolis 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

238–244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ · Κ · Μ · ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate head of Gordian III, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Demeter standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch.
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Symbol
Γ (position: on the right)
Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 24.2 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
6.55 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Tachev, Yanislav, The Coinage of Dionysopolis IV century BC - III century AD, Sofia 2020 p. 554, nr. 11, pl. 34  ❐

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. 1645  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1645 ❐

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cn type 16189, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/16189 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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