Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 22184)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

205 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 205 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22184. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Closed city gate, flanked by two round towers; above door, ten arched gallery, on top of the gate, two quadrigas with charioteers.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.45 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.
Reverse type
Closed city gate, flanked by two round towers; above door, ten arched gallery, on top of the gate, two quadrigas with charioteers.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ·Κ·ϹΠ·ΤΙ–ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22184
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22184

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