Anchialos, Faustina II., bronze (CN type 14375)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Faustina II. dated 138–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14375. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Nude Apollo seated right on rock, playing lyre set on his left knee. Ground line.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25–26 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Faustina II.
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo seated right on rock, playing lyre set on his left knee. Ground line.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14375
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14375
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 398, nr. 28-29, pl. 14
- external concordanceRPC IV, 10032.
- external concordanceRPC IV, 4523.
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution