cn type 6673
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cn type 6673

Mint
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
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Apollo standing right, holding drawn bow in both hands.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
9.66 g (5x)
Axes
1 (2x) 7 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 207, 229, nr. 525-526, 638 

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 575 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 307, 326, nr. 3716-3718, 3976

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cn type 6673, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6673 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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