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cn type 6704

Mint
Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

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.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Apollo standing right, holding laurel-branch in right hand; at his feet, bow and quiver; behind, tree.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27.1 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
9.74 g (4x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 224, nr. 611  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 306, nr. 3710 (Bow and quiver interpreted as stump of tree.)  ❐

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cn type 6704, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6704 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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