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Anchialos, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 14350)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

177–180 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 177–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14350. Obverse: Bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus; at his feet small satyr holding thyrsus.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
8.1 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Marc Aurel

Design

Obverse type
Bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus; at his feet small satyr holding thyrsus.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑΛЄΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14350
Type corpus identifier
CN type 14350

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Licensed photograph
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