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Gargara, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 12201)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin type in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12201. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Demeter and Homonoia; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn and torch; to right, Homonoia, wearing calathus, holding patera and cornucopia.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
28–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
12.31 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Gargara
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Demeter and Homonoia; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn and torch; to right, Homonoia, wearing calathus, holding patera and cornucopia.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠ ϹЄΟVΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡΤΙΝΑΞ
Reverse legend
ЄΠ ϹΤ ΜΑΞΙΜΟV ΡΟVΟV ΜЄΙΔΙΟV ΓΑΡΓΑΡЄΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12201
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12201

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