Anchialos, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 22296)
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 22296. Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right. Reverse: City gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery of three arches.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.38 g (mean of 1 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
- City gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery of three arches.
- 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/22296
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22296
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. 538-540, nr. 187-191, pl. 84-85
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution