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Anchialos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 14945)

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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 14945. Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Heracles standing left, seen from behind, holding the apples of the Hesperides behind his back and lion skin, bow and club, leaning on rock.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
15.4 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Heracles standing left, seen from behind, holding the apples of the Hesperides behind his back and lion skin, bow and club, leaning on rock.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14945
Type corpus identifier
CN type 14945

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