Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 22215)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
208 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 208 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22215. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing scale cuirass. Reverse: City gate, flanked by two crenellated towers with conical roofs.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20–27.2 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.22 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 scale cuirass.
- Reverse type
- City gate, flanked by two crenellated towers with conical roofs.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ - ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22215
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22215
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. 490-492, nr. 528-532, pl. 60-61
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 483
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 201
Research required
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