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Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 15004)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238–244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 15004. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Theos Megas standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and himation, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and cornucopia in left arm.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
25.4–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
11.55 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
Theos Megas standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and himation, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and cornucopia in left arm.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ *ΑV*Γ ϹЄΒ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ/ΛΕΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15004
Type corpus identifier
CN type 15004

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