cn type 3717
cn type 3717-0
cn type 3717-1
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Mint
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cn type 3717

Mint
Germe 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Design
Heracles advancing right, club on shoulder, dragging Cerberus behind him.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 21 mm / Min: 18 mm
Average Weight
4.06 g (5x)
Axes
6 (5x)
Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 160, nr. 284-286  ❐

Spoerri Butcher et al., RPC VII 1: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 1: De Gordien Ier à Gordien III (238-244 après J.-C.). Province d'Asie, London : Paris 2006 p. 136, nr. 145  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/145 ❐

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cn type 3717, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3717 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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