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cn type 16364

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Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

238–244 AD

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Obverse
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ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒΙ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΙΝΑ
Design
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
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Reverse
Legend
ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ
Design
Bearded god with kalathos (Theos Megas, Mitra, Serapis) on horse pacing right; flaming altar under the horse's right foreleg; behind, bird on pointed staff.
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Symbol
Ε (position: on the right)
Persons

Sitter: Tranquillina 🔍  

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 29 mm / Min: 26.4 mm
Average Weight
12.18 g (4x)
Axes
6 (1x) 12 (3x)
Citation

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. 1822 

Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898 nr. 524 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1822

Cite this record:

cn type 16364, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/16364 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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