cn type 6587

Mint

Hadrianopolis 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐

Date

238-244 AD
Roman Imperial Period

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ

Design

Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.

Reverse

Legend

ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ

Design

Nude Triptolemos standing in biga drawn by two winged serpents, right, raising right arm.

Persons

Sitter

Gordian III. 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze ❐

Average Diameter

27.5 mm / 26.5 mm

Average Weight

8.74 g (2x)

Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 197, 227, nr. 471, 626 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 317, 325, nr. 2859-3861, 3959 ❐

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cn type 6587, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/6587 [Last downloaded: 2022/01/21]

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