cn type 6940
cn type 6940-0
cn type 6940-1
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cn type 6940

Mint
Adramyttion 🔍  

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
ϹΤΡ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟV ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Design
Homonoia wearing kalathos standing facing, head left; holding patera and cornucopia.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Strategos: I(ulius) Apolinarios, Sohn des Asiarchen 🔍

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
8.66 g (3x)
Axes
6 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Stauber et al., Die Bucht von Adramytteion, Bonn 1996 p. 235-236, nr. 260  ❐

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 59, nr. 182  ❐

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. 118, nr. 55.2  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/55.2 ❐

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cn type 6940, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6940 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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