Tomis, Severus Alexander, 4 unit (CN type 12493)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222-235 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12493. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander left, partly seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield with gorgoneion. Reverse: Male figure seated right, head left, biga drawn by bull, advancing left; female figure advancing left up front, head right, holding unidentified object in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25.5–25.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Severus Alexander left, partly seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield with gorgoneion.
- Reverse type
- Male figure seated right, head left, biga drawn by bull, advancing left; female figure advancing left up front, head right, holding unidentified object in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ*ΗϹ*ΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΠ · ΠΟΝΤΟV · ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12493
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12493
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Research required
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution