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cn type 237

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

241-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Design
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.
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Type variations

1. Supplement revers: calathus.

Persons

Sitter: Tranquillina 🔍  

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28.4 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
11.16 g (11x)
Axes
6 (5x) 7 (1x) 12 (2x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 408, nr. 90-93, pl. 136, pic. 90-93  ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.233  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 237, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/237 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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