Anchialos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 14364)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
188–192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Commodus dated 188–192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14364. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Closed city gate, flanked by two round towers; above door, ten arched gallery, on top of the gate, two quadrigas with charioteers.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.29 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Closed city gate, flanked by two round towers; above door, ten arched gallery, on top of the gate, two quadrigas with charioteers.
- Obverse legend
- [ΑVΤ] ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- [ΗΓ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΡ]ΟVΙΛΙΑΝΟV ΑΓΧΙΑΛЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14364
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14364
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. 404, nr. 16-17, pl. 17
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution