Anchialos, Septimius Severus, 4 unit (CN type 22222)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

210-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

4 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

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