Markianopolis, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 21920)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21920. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing facing, head right, holding bow in left hand; at his feet, left, an altar; right, stump of tree entwined by serpent.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.61 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Markianopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo standing facing, head right, holding bow in left hand; at his feet, left, an altar; right, stump of tree entwined by serpent.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- V Ι ΦΑVϹΤΙΑΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21920
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21920
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. 202, nr. 562
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution