Markianopolis, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 12867)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12867. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand, resting left arm on tympanon; at her feet, two lions.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.67 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Markianopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand, resting left arm on tympanon; at her feet, two lions.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤ - ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- V Ι ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΙΑ - ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠ//[ΟΛΙ]
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12867
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12867
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 567
Research required
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