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cn type 5238

Edition
cn.byzantium.1_ed.533
Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ЄΠ Μ ΑVΡ ΔΙΟΝVϹΙΟV Τ Β Κ Π ΑΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΤΟ Β
Design
Poseidon standing left, holding fish in outstretched right hand, left resting on trident.
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Persons

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Dionysios 🔍

Magistrate: P. Alexandra 🔍

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
29 mm (1x)
Average Weight
15.31 g (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 117, nr. 1805, pl. 106, pic. 1805  ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 180, nr. 1965  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/643 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.533  🔍

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