Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, unit (CN type 22422)

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Record status

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Period

235-238 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Maximinus Thrax dated 235-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22422. Obverse: Laureate head of Maximinus Thrax, right. Reverse: Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
unit
Recorded diameter
16.5–17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.36 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Maximinus Thrax

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Maximinus Thrax, right.
Reverse type
Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ ΜΑΣΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕVϹΕ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22422
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22422

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