Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 14956)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14956. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; at her feet, stag.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–26.8 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.52 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
- Reverse type
- Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; at her feet, stag.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ *ΑVΓ* ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ*ΩΝ* ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ*ΩΝ*
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14956
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14956
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 647-646, nr. 164-170, pl. 152-153
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1131
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1131
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution