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Anchialos, Faustina II., bronze (CN type 14381)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

138–180 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Faustina II. dated 138–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14381. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton and boots with clothing over left shoulder, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long filleted thyrsus in left arm.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
25–26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
9 g (mean of 1 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
Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton and boots with clothing over left shoulder, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long filleted thyrsus in left arm.
Obverse legend
ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Reverse legend
ΑΝΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14381
Type corpus identifier
CN type 14381

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