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cn type 15004

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Anchialos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

238–244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ *ΑV*Γ ϹЄΒ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ/ΛΕΙΝΑ
Design
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
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Reverse
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Legend reverse ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ
Design
Theos Megas standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and himation, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and cornucopia in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Tranquillina 🔍  

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 25.4 mm
Average Weight
11.55 g (2x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 736, nr. 619, pl. 183  ❐

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. 1187  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1187 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 15004, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/15004 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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