Pitane, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 21428)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21428. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–18 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.62 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤ ϹΟVЄΡΟϹ ΠЄΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21428
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21428
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. 154, nr. 25
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution