Abydos, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 3487)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3487. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Artemis advancing right, holding at antlers deer running right, drawing arrow from quiver.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
7.64 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Abydos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing paludamentum.
Reverse type
Artemis advancing right, holding at antlers deer running right, drawing arrow from quiver.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ ϹЄΠΤΙΜ ϹЄΟVΗΡΟϹ Π
Reverse legend
ΑΡΧ ΦΑΒ Α ΠΡΟΚΛΟV ΑΒVΔΗ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3487
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3487

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