Anchialus 11247

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Emperor

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Obverse

Symbol Gordian III
Design Laureate bust of Gordian III, left, partly seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield with eagle on it in left hand; above it spear head.
Legend ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΑVΓ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ

Reverse

Symbol Herakles
Design Nude bearded Heracles standing left, wearing lion skin, pushing with right knee the lowered hind quarters of the lying Cerynean hind, holding animal by antlers in both hands; in front of his right foot, club lying to right. Border of dots.
Legend Ο-V-Λ-ΠΙΑΝΩ-Ν ΑΓ-ΧΙ//ΑΛΕΩΝ

Literature

Reference

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 273, nr. 622 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 57, nr. 638 ❐ 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. 1100 ❐ Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 624-628, nr. 11-19, pl. 127-129 ❐ Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/235640

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