Anchialos, 5 unit (CN type 22443)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22443. Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing facing, head left, holding laurel-branch in outstretched right hand and lyre resting on tripod in left hand. Ground line. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.49 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo standing facing, head left, holding laurel-branch in outstretched right hand and lyre resting on tripod in left hand. Ground line. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22443
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22443
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 634-636, nr. 47-51, pl. 132-133
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1106
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution