Anchialos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 14326)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138–161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 138–161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14326. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing right, resting right hand on club, lion skin over left arm, holding bow in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20–21.6 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.85 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing right, resting right hand on club, lion skin over left arm, holding bow in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΝΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14326
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14326
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 386-388, nr. 74-80, pl. 8-9
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution