Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, 4 unit (CN type 22384)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
235-238 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Maximinus Thrax dated 235-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22384. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Serpent coiling, bent four times, head right. Ground line.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.45 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Maximinus Thrax
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Serpent coiling, bent four times, head right. Ground line.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΜΑΞΙ*ΜΕ*ΙΝΟᛈ ΕVᛈΕΒ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22384
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22384
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. 588-590, nr. 155-159, pl. 109-110
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution