Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 15019)
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 15019. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera in outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand. Groundline. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–27.3 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.37 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
- Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera in outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand. Groundline. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Α*VΓ* ϹΕΒ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ/ΛΕΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15019
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15019
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. 654, nr. 2-5, pl. 142
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1195
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1195
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution