cn type 22488

Mint

Nikopolis ad Istrum 🔍

Region: Moesia inferior

Date

238–244 AD

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ

Design

Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

VΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔЄϹΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ

Design

Façade of tetrastyle temple, shield on pediment and acroteria on roof; within Hades-Serapis enthroned left, extending right hand over Cerberus, right, holding a long sceptre in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Sabinius Modestus 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 26.8 mm / Min: 26 mm

Average Weight

10.99 g (2x)

Axes

12 (1x)

Citation

Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898 nr. 2085 ❐

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. 1309 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1309 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 22488, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/22488 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]