Ilion, Septimius Severus, sestertius (CN type 20322)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197–211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troassestertius in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Septimius Severus dated 197–211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20322. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Armoured Hector on galloping biga, left, holding a shield and spear in his left hand and his upraised right hand about to hurl a stone.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- sestertius
- Recorded diameter
- 35.6–36 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.45 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from behind, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Armoured Hector on galloping biga, left, holding a shield and spear in his left hand and his upraised right hand about to hurl a stone.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΚΑΙΛϹЄΠΤΙΜΙΟϹ ϹЄΟVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΚΤΩΡ ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20322
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20322
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 63, nr. T215, pl. 10, pic. T215
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution