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cn type 5239

Edition
cn.byzantium.1_ed.539
Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ·
Design
Nike standing left, holding laurel wreath and palm branch.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 24 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
9.34 g (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 117, nr. 1806, pl. 106, pic. 1806  ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 179, nr. 1960  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/646 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.539  🔍

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