Abydos, Severus Alexander, bronze (CN type 3494)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3494. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hero and Leander: nude Leander swimming right; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26–28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hero and Leander: nude Leander swimming right; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ Α Ϲ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΛΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΒVΔΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3494
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3494
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution