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Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 22200)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

208 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 208 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22200. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. 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.

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
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22200
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22200

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