Serdika, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 21696)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21696. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32.52 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.91 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙΚΙΝΑ ΛΑΡΓΟV ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Recorded findspots
- Viminacium, Pirivoj, trench 42
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21696
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21696
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. 31, nr. 12.14.1.6
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution