Anchialos, Lucius Verus, 3 unit (CN type 22118)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Lucius Verus dated 161-169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22118. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Ares standing left, wearing helmet, holding shield and spear in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.82 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Ares standing left, wearing helmet, holding shield and spear in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ-ΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22118
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22118
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. 400, nr. 1, pl. 15
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution