Anchialos, Gordian III., 3 unit (CN type 15030)
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 15030. Obverse: Laureate head of Gordian III, right. Reverse: Dolphin swimming right; between two tunnies, upper swimming to right, lower swimming to left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.61 g (mean of 2 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 swimming right; between two tunnies, upper swimming to right, lower swimming to left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙ-Α-Λ-ΕΩ-Ν
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15030
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15030
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. 650, nr. 128-129, pl. 140
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1201
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1201
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution