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Anchialos, Maximinus Thrax, unit (CN type 22425)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

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 22425. Obverse: Laureate head of Maximinus Thrax, right. Reverse: Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, legs crossed, resting on inverted torch set on garlanded altar.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
unit
Recorded diameter
16 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.65 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
Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, legs crossed, resting on inverted torch set on garlanded altar.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ ΜΑΣΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕVϹΕ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22425
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22425

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