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Attaea, Septimius Severus, bronze coin — Asclepius standing facing (CN type 19646)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 193–211

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Septimius Severus, dated AD 193–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19646 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Legend: ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄ(Π) ϹЄ(Ο)VΗΡΟϹ (Π). Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, wearing himation, holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment. Legend: ΑΤΤΑ(Є)ΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.98 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 18–20 mm (from 8 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 132-133, nr. 398-402, pl. VI, pic. 25; Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892, p. 16, nr. 11.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
18–20 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.98 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Attaea
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
Reverse type
Asclepius standing facing, head left, wearing himation, holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄ(Π) ϹЄ(Ο)VΗΡΟϹ (Π)
Reverse legend
ΑΤΤΑ(Є)ΙΤΩΝ

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/19646
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19646

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