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Istros, Septimius Severus, bronze coin — Turreted Cybele enthroned left (CN type 23189)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 193–211

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin in bronze struck at Istros in Moesia inferior under Septimius Severus, dated c. AD 193–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23189 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π. Reverse: Turreted Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in right hand, scepter in left arm, resting on tympanon; two lions, on both sides of the throne. Legend: ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 14.73 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, p. 173, nr. 496.

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Historical context

Istros, also known as Histria, was founded in the 7th century BC by Milesian settlers on the western coast of the Black Sea near the mouth of the Danube. It came under Roman rule from the 1st century AD within the province of Moesia. Lucius Septimius Severus ruled as Roman emperor from 193 to 211, having emerged victorious following the Year of the Five Emperors after the death of Pertinax in 193. During his reign, civic bronze coinage was issued in the city under imperial authority.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
14.73 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Istros
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Turreted Cybele enthroned left, holding patera in right hand, scepter in left arm, resting on tympanon; two lions, on both sides of the throne.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
Reverse legend
ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ

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/23189
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23189

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