Anchialos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 21815)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21815. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Galley sailing left, in waters; on board, four rowers and helmsman.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.29 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Galley sailing left, in waters; on board, four rowers and helmsman.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21815
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21815
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 bibliographyp. 544, nr. 223-225, pl. 87
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 539
Research required
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