Odessos, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 21806)
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 Odessos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21806. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on cuirass. Reverse: Great God standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and long garment, holding patera in outstretched right hand over flaming altar and cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25.3–26.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.55 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Odessos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Great God standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and long garment, holding patera in outstretched right hand over flaming altar and cornucopia in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄ(Π) ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΟΔΗϹϹЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21806
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21806
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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