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!
Æ33 - Gordian III ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϚΤ ΑϚ
| Issuer | Pompeiopolis (Cilicia) |
|---|---|
| Year | 240-241 |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (240-241) |
| Additional information |
Pompeiopolis in Cilicia took its name from Pompey the Great, who refounded the city around 64 BC following his campaign against the pirates of the eastern Mediterranean — a military operation that had made the Cilician coast one of Rome's most strategically pressing problems. By the reign of Gordian III, the city had been issuing civic bronze for over two centuries, and the dated formula in the legend, ϚΤ ΑϚ, places this piece in the city's local era year 336, cross-referenced to 240–241 AD.
The local era dating system is itself the useful detail here: Pompeiopolis reckoned from roughly 66/65 BC, the approximate date of Pompey's settlement.