Anchialos, Geta, Double unit (CN type 22311)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
205 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Geta dated 205 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22311. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Geta, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Nude winged Eros in attitude of Thanatus standing right, legs crossed, resting on torch set on garlanded altar. Ground line. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.5 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Geta, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude winged Eros in attitude of Thanatus standing right, legs crossed, resting on torch set on garlanded altar. Ground line. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹΕΠΤ–ΓΕΤΑϹ Κ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22311
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22311
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. 548, nr. 20-25, pl. 89
Research required
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