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cn type 4915

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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
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ
Design
Nude athlete walking right, holding palm branch and wreath.
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Symbol
E (position: on the right)
Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
27.1 mm (1x)
Average Weight
13.51 g (2x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Public Commentary

RPC VII.2, 1115.

Citation

Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 648, nr. 115-118, pl. 139  ❐

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. 1115  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1115 ❐

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cn type 4915, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4915 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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