Odessos, Septimius Severus, bronze coin — Great God standing facing (CN type 21806)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 193–211
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin in bronze struck at Odessos in Thrace under Septimius Severus, dated AD 193–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21806 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on cuirass. Legend: ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄ(Π) ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π. 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. Legend: ΟΔΗϹϹЄΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 9.55 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 25.3–26.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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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
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21806
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21806
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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