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cn type 11616

Edition
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Mint
Byzantion 🔍
Region: Thrace
Date
c. 238-244 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on breastplate; left hand visible.
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Reverse
Legend
ЄΠ Μ ΑVΡ ΔΙΟΝVϹΙΟV Τ Β Κ Π ΑΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Four torches.
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Persons
Magistrate
Marcus Aurelius Dionysios 🔍
Magistrate
P. Alexandra 🔍
Sitter
Gordian III. 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
8 unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
Max: 34.9 mm / Min: 31 mm
Average Weight
19.85 g (5x)
Axes
1 (3x)
Citation
Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 48, nr. 23a 
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 nr. 1799-1801 
Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 179, nr. 1961-1962 
Literature
Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/639  
editions
cn.byzantium.1_ed.536 🔍
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cn type 11616, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11616 [Last downloaded: 2025/02/06]
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