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cn coin 21320

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Anchialos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ
Design
Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Design
Cuirassed and diademed emperor (Gordian III) standing facing, head right, wearing paludamentum and boots; holding spear and sword.
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Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Weight
13.01 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ANCHIA_2L_20_002

Citation

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 277, nr. 634.1  ❐

Literature

Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 634, nr. 41-42, pl. 132 ❐

Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022 nr. 1118 ❐

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cn coin 21320, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21320 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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