Anchialos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 14373)
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 14373. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing left, strangling in both hands the attacking Nemean lion to right, head left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.2 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.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing left, strangling in both hands the attacking Nemean lion to right, head left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14373
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14373
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. 416, nr. 79-80, pl. 23
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution