Anchialus 6258

Photographer: Classical Numismatic Group

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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 advancing right, grasping with right hand the horns of the uprising Cretan Bull, strangling it with left arm, lion skin over head. Border of dots.
Legend ΟVΛ-ΠΙΑΝΩ-Ν ΑΓ-ΧΙ//ΑΛΕΩΝ

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Reference

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. 1102 ❐ Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018 p. 624, nr. 8-10, pl. 127 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 58, nr. 640 ❐ 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. 620 ❐ Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/236053

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