Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, Double unit (CN type 22415)

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Record status

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Period

235-238 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Double unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Maximinus Thrax dated 235-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22415. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on tympanum.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Double unit
Recorded diameter
19–22 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.98 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, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on tympanum.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ–ΜΑΣΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΕVϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22415
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22415

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