Tomis, Severus Alexander, 4 unit (CN type 12579)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222-235 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12579. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, chest seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Turreted and veiled Tyche, left, holding with sceptre and cornucopia; left foot resting on Pontos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24.3–25.3 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.6 g (mean of 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, right, chest seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Turreted and veiled Tyche, left, holding with sceptre and cornucopia; left foot resting on Pontos.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟ*ΜΕ*ΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12579
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12579
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 830, nr. 3248
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1946
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution