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Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 22163)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

195-198 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 195-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22163. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots. Reverse: Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
27.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
12.67 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. Border of dots.
Reverse type
Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand.
Obverse legend
ΑV·Κ·Λ·ϹΕΠ–ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ
Reverse legend
ΗΓ ϹΤ ΒΑΡ-ΒΑΡΟΥ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22163
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22163

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