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Assos, Severus Alexander, bronze (CN type 19179)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

222–235 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin type in bronze struck at Assos in Troas under Severus Alexander dated 222–235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19179. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
34.5–38.4 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
29.07 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Assos
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
Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ϹЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Reverse legend
ЄΠ ϹΤΡ ΑV ΜΗΤΡΩΝΑΚΤΟϹ // ΑϹϹΙΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19179
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19179

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