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cn type 5079

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

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
ΕΠΙ Γ ΚΛ ΓΛVΚΩΝΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ
Design
Serpent coiling right, bent few times.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Strategos: Gaius Claudius Rufinus Glykon 🔍

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
7.67 g (2x)
Axes
6 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

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 nr. 167  ❐

Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995 nr. 16.1. T 2290  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/167 ❐

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cn type 5079, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5079 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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