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Anchialos, Septimius Severus, unit (CN type 22174)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

195-198 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 195-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22174. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand over burning and garlanded altar and cornucopia in left arm.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
unit
Recorded diameter
17–19 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.58 g (mean of 5 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
Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand over burning and garlanded altar and cornucopia in left arm.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ ϹΕΠ–ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22174
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22174

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