Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, 5 unit (CN type 22338)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
235-238 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Maximinus Thrax dated 235-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22338. Obverse: Radiate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: City gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery of seven arches; surmounted by nude Poseidon, advancing left, holding trident in outstretched right hand, Hippocampus twining around left arm; mark of value E.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.58 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Maximinus Thrax
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- City gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery of seven arches; surmounted by nude Poseidon, advancing left, holding trident in outstretched right hand, Hippocampus twining around left arm; mark of value E.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ ΑΥΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛ-ΠΙ-Α-ΝΩΝ // ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ/ΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22338
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22338
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. 566, nr. 3-6, pl. 98
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution