Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1756)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
202-204 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 202-204 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1756. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.09 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ϹΙΚΙΝΝΙΟV ΚΛΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1756
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1756
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. 122
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 91, nr. 1017
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution