cn type 22509
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn type 22509

Mint
Odessos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ *ΑVΓ* ϹЄ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛЄΙΝΑ
Design
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Legend
ΟΔΗϹϹЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Athena standing facing, head right, wearing Corinthian helmet and long garment, holding shield with right hand and inverted spear in left arm.
go to the NLP result of this description
Symbol
Ε (position: top left)
Persons

Sitter: Tranquillina 🔍  

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 28.4 mm / Min: 25.3 mm
Average Weight
12.33 g (7x)
Axes
1 (5x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022 nr. 1590 

Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993 nr. 284, pl. 20 

Mannsperger and Balluff, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : Deutschland [1] Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen H. 2 Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731 - 1542, 1982 nr. 895 

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 685 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1590

Cite this record:

cn type 22509, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/22509 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

License:
Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us