Istros, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 23189)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Istros in Moesia inferior under Septimius Severus dated ca. 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23189. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. 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.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23189
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23189
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 173, nr. 496
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution