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Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 15013)

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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 15013. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Façade of a tetrastyle temple on double crepidoma, acroteria along roof, with shield on the pediment; within Homonoia standing right, head left, holdin patera and cornucopia.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
15.12 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
Façade of a tetrastyle temple on double crepidoma, acroteria along roof, with shield on the pediment; within Homonoia standing right, head left, holdin patera and cornucopia.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΕΒ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛ/ΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15013
Type corpus identifier
CN type 15013

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