Anchialos, Gordian III., unit (CN type 15036)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 15036. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on tympanum; at her feet, two lions.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18.1–18.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.03 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on tympanum; at her feet, two lions.
- Obverse legend
- ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑV ΚΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15036
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15036
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. 652, nr. 140-149, pl. 141
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1211
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1211
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution