Traianopolis, Septimius Severus, unit (CN type 2656)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2656. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2656
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2656
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 166, nr. 30
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution