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Anchialos, Tranquillina, 5 unit (CN type 22465)

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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 22465. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Three quater view of tetrastyle temple on crepidoma; within nude Apollo (Citharoedus), holding lyra set on tripod; on the pediment, shield.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
28.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
13.8 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

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
Three quater view of tetrastyle temple on crepidoma; within nude Apollo (Citharoedus), holding lyra set on tripod; on the pediment, shield.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΕΒ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛ/ΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22465
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22465

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