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Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, 3 unit (CN type 22401)

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Record status

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Period

235-238 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

3 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Maximinus Thrax dated 235-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22401. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Hermes seated left on rock, wearing petasus, holding caduceus in right hand and left resting on rock.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
3 unit
Recorded diameter
24–25 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.26 g (mean of 4 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
Nude Hermes seated left on rock, wearing petasus, holding caduceus in right hand and left resting on rock.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ ΜΑΞΙ*ΜΕ*ΙΝΟᛈ ΕVᛈΕΒ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22401
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22401

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