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Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, 3 unit (CN type 22404)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

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 22404. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Aphrodite standing facing, head right, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left, Eros, riding a dolphin downwards.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
3 unit
Recorded diameter
24–26 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
8.16 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 Aphrodite standing facing, head right, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left, Eros, riding a dolphin downwards.
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/22404
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22404

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