Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 15020)
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 15020. 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 and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 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
- Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ Α*ΝΤ* ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Α*VΓ* ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑ*ΝΚ*VΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15020
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15020
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 654, nr. 6, pl. 142
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1194
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1194
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution