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Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 4 unit (CN type 22004)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

4 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22004. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: City gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery with multiple arches; surmounted by nude Poseidon, advancing left, holding trident in outstretched right hand, Hippocampus twining around left arm; within the archway mark of value Δ.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
4 unit
Recorded diameter
28–29.9 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
13.82 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
Reverse type
City gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery with multiple arches; surmounted by nude Poseidon, advancing left, holding trident in outstretched right hand, Hippocampus twining around left arm; within the archway mark of value Δ.
Obverse legend
ΑV · Κ · Λ · ϹЄΠ· - ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π·
Reverse legend
ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝ-Ω-Ν ΑΝΧΙΑΛΕ//ΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22004
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22004

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