Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 13090)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13090. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Demeter (Phosphorus) advancing right, holding torch in each hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.69 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Demeter (Phosphorus) advancing right, holding torch in each hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ϹЄΠΤ ϹЄΟVΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡΤΙ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13090
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13090
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 bibliographyp. 86-87, nr. 273
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 110
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution