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cn type 5242

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓΟ
Design
Radiate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
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Reverse
Legend
ЄΠ Μ ΑVΡ ΔΙΟΝVϹΙΟV Τ Β Κ Π ΑΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Laureate and togate emperor (Gordian) standing in quadriga, right, holding reins in his right hand and eagle-sceptre in his left.
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Persons

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Dionysios 🔍

Magistrate: P. Alexandra 🔍

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Average Weight
30.72 g (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 115, nr. 1797, pl. 106  ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 179, nr. 1964  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/637 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.534  🔍

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cn type 5242, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5242 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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