Anchialos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 14996)
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 14996. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and reins.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.04 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 paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
- Reverse type
- Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and reins.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ *ΑV*Γ ϹЄΒ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ/ΛΕΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑ*ΝWΝ* - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ*WΝ*
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14996
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14996
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 bibliographynr. 1167
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1167
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution