Anchialos, Septimius Severus, unit (CN type 22173)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 198-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22173. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18–19 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.92 g (mean of 2 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
- Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ ϹΕΠ–ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22173
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22173
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. 438, nr. 136-142a, pl. 34
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution