Nikopolis ad Istrum, Septimius Severus, bronze coin — Façade of a tetrastyle temple (CN type 22100)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 193–211
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior 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 22100 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Legend: [..] ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π. Reverse: Façade of a tetrastyle temple, acroteria along roof; within Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand. Legend: V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟϹ Ι. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.92 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, p. 371, nr. 1336.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.92 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Façade of a tetrastyle temple, acroteria along roof; within Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- [...] ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟϹ Ι
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/22100
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22100
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 371, nr. 1336
Research required
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