Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1747)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
196-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 196-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1747. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Apollo and Artemis, facing each other, clasping right hands; to left, Apollo standing right, holding laurel-branch; to right, Artemis standing left, holding bow; altar between them.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.16 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Apollo and Artemis, facing each other, clasping right hands; to left, Apollo standing right, holding laurel-branch; to right, Artemis standing left, holding bow; altar between them.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤΙΜ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ϹΤ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1747
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1747
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. 70-71, nr. 115
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 91, nr. 1024
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution