cn type 22559
cn type 22559-0
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cn type 22559

Mint
Markianopolis 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
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
Legend reverse VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV ΜΑ-Ρ-ΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ/ΩΝ
Design
Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
26.7 mm (1x)
Average Weight
11.32 g (1x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Citation

Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993 nr. 231, pl. 16  ❐

Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898 nr. 1125  ❐

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. 1412  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1412 ❐

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cn type 22559, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/22559 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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