Anchialos, Geta, Double unit (CN type 20418)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-209 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Geta dated 198-209 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20418. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Crescent; above, three stars.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17.8–18.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.8 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Crescent; above, three stars.
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹΕΠΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑϹ Κ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20418
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20418
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. 256, nr. 553
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 556-560, nr. 95-119
Research required
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