Anchialos, Tranquillina, bronze (CN type 22470)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Tranquillina, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22470. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing diadem; facing each other. Reverse: Tyche standing left, head right, holding cornucopia and rudder.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.5–28 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.06 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Tranquillina
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing diadem; facing each other.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing left, head right, holding cornucopia and rudder.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑ*ΝΚ*VΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22470
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22470
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 1191
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 254, pl. 18
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 698-700, nr. 333-361, pl. 164-166
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 676
- external concordance
Research required
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