Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 4 unit (CN type 22222)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
210-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 210-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22222. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Demeter standing left in a long chiton, holding a torch in her left hand; before her, to the left, an object (torch, fish trap) standing upright, around which a snake is coiled, or on which a dolphin is depicted.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left in a long chiton, holding a torch in her left hand; before her, to the left, an object (torch, fish trap) standing upright, around which a snake is coiled, or on which a dolphin is depicted.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22222
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22222
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. 502, nr. 601-603, pl. 66
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution