cn type 11617

Mint

Anchialos 🔍

Region: Thrace

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ - ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ

Design

Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ*WΝ* - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕW-Ν

Design

Agonistic table, surmounted by prize crown with palm branche, beside purse; below, amphora.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

5 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Average Weight

15.54 g (1x)

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. 278, nr. 639 ❐

Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 638-640, nr. 71-80, pl. 135 ❐

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. 1125 ❐

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. 1126 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1125 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1126 ❐

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cn type 11617, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11617 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]