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Tomis, Severus Alexander, 4 unit (CN type 24501)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

222-235 n.Chr.

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

4 unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 24501. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand; inbetween, Telesphorus standing facing.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
4 unit
Recorded diameter
25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.96 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Tomis
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Severus Alexander

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand; inbetween, Telesphorus standing facing.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24501
Type corpus identifier
CN type 24501

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