Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 14991)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
241–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 241–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14991. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Hygieia and Asclepius standing facing each other; Hygieia holding serpent and patera; Asclepius holding serpent staff.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.96 g (mean of 1 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
- Hygieia and Asclepius standing facing each other; Hygieia holding serpent and patera; Asclepius holding serpent staff.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14991
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14991
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. 692, nr. 293, pl. 161
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1132
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1132
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution