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Skepsis, Severus Alexander, bronze coin — Dionysus standing l (CN type 19191)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 222–235

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Skepsis 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 19191 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ϹЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ. Reverse: Dionysus standing l., holding cantharos and thyrsus; at his feet, panther. Legend: ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔΑ(ΝΙ). Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.59 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27–28 mm (from 7 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online, nr. 4107; Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987, p. 51, nr. 2790, pl. 124, pic. 2790; Linked type corpus.

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Historical context

Skepsis, also called Scepsis, was an ancient settlement situated in the Troad, Asia Minor. Under the Roman Imperial Period, the city produced civic bronze coinage during the reign of Severus Alexander, who served as Roman emperor from 222 until his murder in March 235. Severus Alexander was the final ruler of the Severan dynasty, whose death initiated nearly fifty years of civil war and instability.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27–28 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.59 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Skepsis
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Severus Alexander

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Dionysus standing l., holding cantharos and thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ϹЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Reverse legend
ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔΑ(ΝΙ)

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/19191
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19191

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