Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 22161)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
195-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 195-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22161. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Athena standing facing, head left, wearing long garment and helmet; holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and spear in left arm; at her feet, shield placed on ground next to her. Ground line.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.46 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing facing, head left, wearing long garment and helmet; holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted altar and spear in left arm; at her feet, shield placed on ground next to her. Ground line.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV·Κ·Λ·ϹΕΠ–ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ϹΤΑ ΒΑΡΒΑ-ΡΟΥ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22161
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22161
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 420, nr. 8-10, pl. 25
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution