Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1752)
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 1752. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bearded river-god reclining left, holding poppy with corn-ears, resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30–32 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.65 g (mean of 1 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
- Bearded river-god reclining left, holding poppy with corn-ears, resting on water-urn.
- 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/1752
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1752
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. 72, nr. 119
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 92, nr. 1030
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution