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Maroneia, Septimius Severus, Double unit — Nude Dionysus standing left (CN type 1330)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 193–211

Issuing entity

Thrace

Double unit in bronze struck at Maroneia in Thrace under Septimius Severus, dated AD 193–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1330 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears. Legend: ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.85 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 21.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987, p. 216, nr. 1709.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Double unit
Recorded diameter
21.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.85 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Maroneia
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
Obverse legend
ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Reverse legend
ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1330
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1330

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