Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1767)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1767. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. 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
29–30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
14.89 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
Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ
Reverse legend
ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1767
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1767

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