Anchialos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 14372)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
191–192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Commodus dated 191–192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14372. Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Commodus, right. Reverse: Nike standing right in biga, holding palm branch in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21–23 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.47 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of bearded Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nike standing right in biga, holding palm branch in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14372
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14372
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. 414-416, nr. 76-78, pl. 22-23
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution