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cn type 8306

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Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Gordian III, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Design
Nude Apollo standing facing, head left, holding a crow and a laurel-branch.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20 mm / Min: 17.8 mm
Average Weight
3.26 g (4x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/68675

Citation

N. A. Mušmov, Antičnit moneti na Balkanskaja poluostrov i monetit na bulgarskit care, 1912 nr. 5548  ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 nr. 2990  (Described as Zeus with eagle and sceptre.)  ❐

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.97  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 8306, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8306 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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