Anchialos, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 14351)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 177–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14351. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo seated right on rock, holding lyre in both hands, resting on left knee. Ground line.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 24–24.7 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.98 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo seated right on rock, holding lyre in both hands, resting on left knee. Ground line.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV - ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14351
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14351
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. 406, nr. 22-29b, pl. 18
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution