Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, unit (CN type 1792)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1792. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: City gate flanked by two towers; behind, third tower.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 16.8–19 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.77 g (mean of 4 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
- City gate flanked by two towers; behind, third tower.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄ ϹЄ(V,Β)ΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1792
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1792
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. 81, 82, nr. 177-178, 183
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 87, nr. 962-963
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution