Anchialos, Septimius Severus, Double unit (CN type 22169)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
195-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 195-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22169. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20.2–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.18 g (mean of 2 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
- Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ Ϲ - ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22169
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22169
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. 426, nr. 39-40, pl. 28
Research required
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