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cn type 6715

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
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing right, holding club and lion skin in right hand, dragging Cerberus with left hand.
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Persons
Sitter
Gordian III. 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
9.34 g (3x)
Citation
Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 230, nr. 640 
Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 577 
Literature
Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 329, nr. 4010  
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cn type 6715, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/6715 [Last downloaded: 2025/06/13]
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