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Anchialos, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 21842)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238-244 n.Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21842. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Façade of a tetrastyle temple with dot on the pediment. Inside cult image of naked Apollo (?) standing facing, head right; resting right arm over the head and holding lyre over tripod with left hand.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
26.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
12.25 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
Reverse type
Façade of a tetrastyle temple with dot on the pediment. Inside cult image of naked Apollo (?) standing facing, head right; resting right arm over the head and holding lyre over tripod with left hand.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21842
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21842

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