Anchialos, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 22278)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
208 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 208 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22278. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hades-Serapis enthroned left, extending right hand over Cerberus, left, holding sceptre in left arm. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.37 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hades-Serapis enthroned left, extending right hand over Cerberus, left, holding sceptre in left arm. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22278
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22278
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. 526, nr. 95-101, pl. 78
Research required
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