Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 15005)
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 15005. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.48 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
- Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ // ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚ/VΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑ*ΝΩ*Ν ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ*ΩΝ*
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15005
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15005
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. 668, nr. 115-118, pl. 149
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1178-1179
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1178
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution