Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 22177)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
205 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 205 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22177. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Eagle standing facing on table, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak, round altar below.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–27.8 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.48 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
- Eagle standing facing on table, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak, round altar below.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ - ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩ-Ν ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ//ΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22177
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22177
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. 442, nr. 164-168, pl. 36
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution