Anchialos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 14367)
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 14367. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Closed city gate, flanked by two round towers; above door gallery of five arches.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.86 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Closed city gate, flanked by two round towers; above door gallery of five arches.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΡΟVΙΛΙΑΝΟV ΑΓΧΙΑΛЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14367
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14367
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
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