cn type 22456

Mint

Anchialos 🔍

Region: Thrace

Date

241-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ // ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚ/VΛΛΙΝΑ

Design

Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
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Reverse

Legend

ΟVΛΠΙΑ*ΝWΝ* ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ

Design

Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
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Persons

Sitter: Tranquillina 🔍

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

5 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 27.9 mm / Min: 26.5 mm

Average Weight

12.65 g (3x)

Axes

1 (1x) 7 (1x)

Public Commentary

RPC VII.2, 1153.

Citation

Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 664-666, nr. 80-91, pl. 147-148 ❐

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. 1158 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1158 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 22456, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/22456 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]