Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1769)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1769. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Septimius Severus) standing right, holding parazonium and sceptre; his left foot on the back of a captive.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 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
- Emperor (Septimius Severus) standing right, holding parazonium and sceptre; his left foot on the back of a captive.
- 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/1769
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1769
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 75, nr. 135
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 88, nr. 981
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution