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cn coin 2881

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CN Type 14380 🔍

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Anchialos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

161-176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Anc_431-7_V 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ - ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse
Die
Anc_431-7_R 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Design
Demeter enthroned left, holding two ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch. Ground line.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 25 mm
Weight
10.51 g
Axis
6
Owner

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett, Wien, at

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 8386

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: 431.7, Wien 8386

Citation

Wiczay, Musei Hedervarii in Hungaria numos antiquos Graecos et Latinos descripsit, anecdotos vel parum cognitos etiam cupreis tabulis, Vindobonae 1814 nr. 2258 

Sestini, Descrizione delle medaglie antiche Greche del Museo Hedervariano, Firenze 1828 p. 44, nr. 2 

Mionnet, S.T.2.Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales, 1822 p. 217, nr. 71 

Literature

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 224, nr. 431-7

Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 394, nr. 3-15a, pl. 12

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/172599

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cn coin 2881, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2881 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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