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Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit — Emperor in military attire standing left (CN type 1758)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 202–204

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus, dated AD 202–204. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1758 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ. Reverse: Emperor (Septimius Severus) in military attire standing left, holding spear and parazonium; behind, Nike, crowning emperor, holding palm branch in left hand. Legend: ΗΓ ϹΙΚΙΝΝΙΟV ΚΛΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ. Measured specimens give a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991, p. 73, nr. 124; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005, p. 73, nr. 1021.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
27 mm (from 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
Emperor (Septimius Severus) in military attire standing left, holding spear and parazonium; behind, Nike, crowning emperor, holding palm branch in left hand.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ
Reverse legend
ΗΓ ϹΙΚΙΝΝΙΟV ΚΛΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ

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/1758
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1758

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