Anchialos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 15038)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 15038. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right. Reverse: Cista mystica with open lid, out of which serpent creeps left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.2 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right.
- Reverse type
- Cista mystica with open lid, out of which serpent creeps left.
- Obverse legend
- ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΙΝΑ ϹЄ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15038
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15038
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 1213
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 1213
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution