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Anchialos, Tranquillina, 5 unit (CN type 22455)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

241-244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Tranquillina dated 241-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22455. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Eagle standing facing, slightly left, head right, wings half-opened, holding wreath in beak. Ground line. Border of dots.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Tranquillina

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
Reverse type
Eagle standing facing, slightly left, head right, wings half-opened, holding wreath in beak. Ground line. Border of dots.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ // ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚ/VΛΛΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑ*ΝWΝ* ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22455
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22455

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