Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, 5 unit — Tetrastyle round temple on high podium (CN type 1784)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 193–211
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus, dated AD 193–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1784 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Legend: ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤΙ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π. Reverse: Tetrastyle round temple on high podium; within Artemis standing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right hand from quiver at shoulder; on the pediment, shield; to right and to left, tree; behind left tree, stag; behind right tree, hound?. Legend: ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.53 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 28–29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991, p. 79, nr. 163-164; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005, p. 90, nr. 1009.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Septimius Severus ruled as Roman emperor from 193 to 211, emerging victorious from the Year of the Five Emperors following the death of Pertinax. He consolidated power across the empire, campaigning in Gaul, Africa, and against the Parthian Empire. Augusta Traiana, located in Thrace and previously known as Beroe or Ulpia Augusta Traiana, operated as an urban mint during the Roman Imperial Period, issuing city coinage bearing the emperor's portrait.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.53 g (mean of 3 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
- Tetrastyle round temple on high podium; within Artemis standing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right hand from quiver at shoulder; on the pediment, shield; to right and to left, tree; behind left tree, stag; behind right tree, hound?.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤΙ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- 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/1784
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1784
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 79, nr. 163-164
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 90, nr. 1009
Research required
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