Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit — Asclepius and Hygieia (CN type 22200)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 208
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus, dated AD 208. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22200 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ - ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ. Reverse: Asclepius and Hygieia; to left, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; to right, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her right arm from patera held in left hand. Border of dots. Legend: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 13.17 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 26–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Tachev, Monetosecheneto na Anchialos (Coinage of Anchialos), Sofia 2018, p. 466, nr. 335-339, pl. 48.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
Septimius Severus served as Roman emperor from 193 to 211, seizing power after the death of Pertinax during the Year of the Five Emperors. In 208, the year of this issue, Severus travelled to Britain to strengthen Hadrian's Wall and reoccupy the Antonine Wall. The bronze coin was struck under his authority by the city of Anchialos, an ancient seaside settlement on the Black Sea coast within the Roman province of Thrace.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.17 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 and Hygieia; to left, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; to right, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her right arm from patera held in left hand. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ - ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22200
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22200
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 466, nr. 335-339, pl. 48
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