Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ19 - Gordian III ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Bruzus (Conventus of Apamea) |
|---|---|
| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic Gordian III provincial style, with the paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The imperial effigy occupies the central field, rendered in relatively high relief typical of Phrygian provincial coinage. The surrounding Greek legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Bruzus was a minor Phrygian settlement whose civic coinage output was modest even by provincial standards — the city struck under relatively few emperors, and its issues under Gordian III represent some of the latest municipal bronzes the town is known to have produced. The reference to the conventus of Apamea places it within that judicial district's administrative orbit, though the city exercised enough local identity to maintain its own ethnic legend on the coinage.