Anchialos, Antoninus Pius, 5 unit (CN type 22092)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22092. Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Nude Zeus standing left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera in outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; at his feet, left, eagle standing left, head right, wings closed. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.91 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Zeus standing left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera in outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; at his feet, left, eagle standing left, head right, wings closed. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ - ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟV - ΑΝΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22092
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22092
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. 382, nr. 44-45, pl. 6
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution