Anchialos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 14343)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
154–155 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 154–155 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14343. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Nude Apollo (Bonus Eventus) standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and laurel-branch in left hand. Ground line.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 30–31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.2 g (mean of 1 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 Apollo (Bonus Eventus) standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and laurel-branch in left hand. Ground line.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟV ΑΝΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14343
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14343
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
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 384, nr. 54-57, pl. 7
- external concordance
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