Anchialus 2640

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Emperor

Date

Mint

Provinz

Denomination

Obverse

Symbol Gordian III
Design Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
Legend ΑVΤ · Κ · Μ · ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ

Reverse

Symbol Herakles, Hercules
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-ΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙ//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. 621, pl. VIII, 3, pic. 5 ❐ 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. 1101 ❐ Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 628-630, nr. 20-25 ❐ Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/235849

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