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Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, bronze (CN type 20026)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

235-238

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Maximinus Thrax dated 235-238, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20026. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax seen from front, head to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder, a Medusa medaillon on chest. Reverse: Zeus enthroned, holding patera and sceptre; above, eagle; to upper left, Helios in quadriga right, above, crescent; to upper right, Selene in biga of bulls left, above, star; below, reclining facing figures of Gaia to right, holding cornucopia and branch, and of Thalassa to left, wearing a crab claws, holding ruder; at her feet, prora; all within zodiacus.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
37.05 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
39.8 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Maximinus Thrax

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax seen from front, head to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder, a Medusa medaillon on chest.
Reverse type
Zeus enthroned, holding patera and sceptre; above, eagle; to upper left, Helios in quadriga right, above, crescent; to upper right, Selene in biga of bulls left, above, star; below, reclining facing figures of Gaia to right, holding cornucopia and branch, and of Thalassa to left, wearing a crab claws, holding ruder; at her feet, prora; all within zodiacus.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ ΜΑΖΙ*ΜΕ*ΙΝΟᛈ ΕVᛈΕΒΗᛈ ΑV
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΝΧΙΑΛΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20026
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20026

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