Anchialos, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 22247)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
205 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 205 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22247. Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right. Reverse: Eagle standing facing on table, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak, round altar below.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–26.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.12 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing facing on table, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak, round altar below.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ - ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22247
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22247
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. 514, nr. 13-15, pl. 72
Research required
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