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Alexandria Troas, Severus Alexander, bronze coin — She-wolf standing right (CN type 19101)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 222–235

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Severus Alexander, dated AD 222–235. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19101 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: M (AV) S(E) ALEXANDRV. Reverse: She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus. Legend: COL ALE(XA) TRO(A). Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.88 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 21 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, p. 25, nr. 131; Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961, nr. A344; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
4
Photograph views
2
Catalogue references
3

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.88 g (mean of 6 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
She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
Obverse legend
M (AV) S(E) ALEXANDRV
Reverse legend
COL ALE(XA) TRO(A)

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. 1 closely related CN type with the same mint, denomination and design is consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19101
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19101

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 20083

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend S ALEXANDRVS; reverse legend COL AL AVG TROA); dated AD 222–235. Consolidated into this entry

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