Anchialos, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 21804)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21804. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Galley, under full sail, sailing left, in waters.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27.8 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.66 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Galley, under full sail, sailing left, in waters.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21804
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21804
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. 492-494, nr. 535-555, pl. 61-62
Research required
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