Anchialus 2636

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Emperor

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Mint

Provinz

Denomination

Obverse

Symbol Gordian III
Design Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass; with aegis on left shoulder, gorgoneion on breastplate. Border of dots.
Legend ΑVΤ · Κ · Μ · ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ *ΑVΓ*

Reverse

Symbol Hygeia
Design At left Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent held in left arm from patera in outstretched right hand; at left, ibis standing left; at right, Asclepius seen from front, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; between them Telesphorus standing facing. Border of dots.
Legend ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ - ΑΓΧΙΑΛW//Ν

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. 272, nr. 619, pl. VIII, 3 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 59, nr. 651 ❐ Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 622, nr. 5-6, pl. 126 ❐ 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. 1097 ❐ Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/235637

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