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Traianopolis, Septimius Severus, unit — Cybele enthroned left (CN type 2656)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 193–211

Issuing entity

Thrace

Unit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Septimius Severus, dated AD 193–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 2656 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion. Legend: ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.2 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 17–18 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991, p. 166, nr. 30.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
unit
Recorded diameter
17–18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.2 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Traianopolis
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

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/2656
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2656

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