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Anchialos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 14928)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238–244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14928. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, left, partly seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear pointing forward and shield decorated with eagle. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, holding club overhead, grasping Hippolyte by hair, seated on collapsing horse.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
40 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
44.52 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Gordian III, left, partly seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear pointing forward and shield decorated with eagle.
Reverse type
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, holding club overhead, grasping Hippolyte by hair, seated on collapsing horse.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΑVΓ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14928
Type corpus identifier
CN type 14928

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