Traianopolis, Septimius Severus, unit (CN type 2658)
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 2658. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bunch of grapes.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.06 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
- Bunch of grapes.
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2658
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2658
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. 31
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution