cn type 7223

Mint

Germe 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ

Design

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

Legend

ΓЄΡΜΗΝΩΝ

Design

Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club set on ground, holding lion skin in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 19 mm / Min: 18.9 mm

Average Weight

3.32 g (3x)

Axes

6 (2x) 12 (1x)

Citation

Spoerri Butcher et al., RPC VII 1: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 1: De Gordien Ier à Gordien III (238-244 après J.-C.). Province d'Asie, London : Paris 2006 nr. 146 ❐

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 159, nr. 277-278 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/146 ❐

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cn type 7223, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7223 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]