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Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, Double unit (CN type 22417)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

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 22417. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Turreted Cybele enthroned right, right arm resting on tympanon, scepter in left hand; at her feet, two lions.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Double unit

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
Turreted Cybele enthroned right, right arm resting on tympanon, scepter in left hand; at her feet, two lions.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ–ΜΑΣΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΕVϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22417
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22417

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