Alexandria Troas, Severus Alexander, bronze (CN type 19096)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222–235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Severus Alexander dated 222–235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19096. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Horse grazing right; in the background a tree.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.17 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Alexandria Troas
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Horse grazing right; in the background a tree.
- Obverse legend
- IM AR(sic) SEV ALEXANDER
- Reverse legend
- COL A TROAC
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19096
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19096
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution