Anchialos, Gordian III., 3 unit (CN type 15028)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 15028. Obverse: Laureate head of Gordian III, right. Reverse: Dolphin coiling around trident.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.16 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Gordian III, right.
- Reverse type
- Dolphin coiling around trident.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛ-Ε*ΩΝ*
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15028
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15028
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. 648, nr. 22, pl. 139
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1199
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1199
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution