Anchialos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 14953)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14953. Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Agonistic table, surmounted by two prize crowns; below, amphora.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.78 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
- Agonistic table, surmounted by two prize crowns; below, amphora.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ*ΩΝ* ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14953
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14953
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. 642-644, nr. 93-94, pl. 136-137
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1128
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1128
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution