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Æ23 - Gordianus III COL FL PAC DEVLT
| Issuer | Deultum |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Deultum — modern Debelt in Bulgaria — was a Roman veteran colony founded under Vespasian, and its colonial coinage under Gordian III belongs to a provincial mint that was already in steep decline by the mid-third century. The city struck relatively few types for Gordian compared to other Thracian colonies, and RPC VII.2 #48449 is among the scarcer documented emissions from this reign.
Gordian's provincial bronzes from Thrace were effectively terminated by the chaos following his death on campaign against Shapur I in 244 AD — whether by battle wound or murder by his own prefect Philip remains disputed in the sources.