cn type 6597
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cn type 6597

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Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

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
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Zeus standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 26 mm
Average Weight
10.37 g (2x)
Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 197, 229, nr. 472, 637 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 331, nr. 3837

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cn type 6597, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6597 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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