Anchialos, Faustina II., 3 unit (CN type 22117)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-163 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Faustina II. dated 161-163 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22117. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Bearded Dionysus seated left on rock, holding thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.94 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Faustina II.
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.
- Reverse type
- Bearded Dionysus seated left on rock, holding thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22117
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22117
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. 398, nr. 30-31, pl. 14
Research required
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