Anchialos, Gordian III., 5 unit (CN type 22456)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
241-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 241-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22456. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26.5–27.9 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.65 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
- Reverse type
- Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
- 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/22456
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22456
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. 664-666, nr. 80-91, pl. 147-148
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1158
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution