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cn type 20264

Mint
Ilion 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

238–244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
Design
Armoured Hector in galloping biga, right, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
semis 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20.1 mm / Min: 18.3 mm
Average Weight
4.83 g (4x)
Axes
11 (1x) 12 (3x)
Citation

Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961 p. 75, nr. T285, pl. 13, pic. T285  ❐

Fritze, Die Münzen von Ilion, Athen 1902 p. 500, nr. 109  ❐

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 nr. 42  ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 437  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/42 ❐

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cn type 20264, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20264 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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