Hadrianeia, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 19795)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Septimius Severus dated ca. 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19795. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: River-god and Hermes; to left, river-god reclined, r., under a tree, holding reed and resting r. arm on vase from which water flows; to right, Hermes standing facing, looking l., holding purse, caduceus and chlamys, at his feet, ram standing, l.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 23.21 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianeia
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- River-god and Hermes; to left, river-god reclined, r., under a tree, holding reed and resting r. arm on vase from which water flows; to right, Hermes standing facing, looking l., holding purse, caduceus and chlamys, at his feet, ram standing, l.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΟVϹ ΤΕΙΜΟΚΡ ΑΡΧ Α ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19795
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19795
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
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 160, nr. 459
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution