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Dardanos, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 4010)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin type in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 4010. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Bull right approaching lighted altar, before which a draped female figure standing right, holding in her right hand patera; in her left hand staff resting on shoulder; behind altar, tall column, on which eagle is seated.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze

Technical characteristics

Mint
Dardanos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing paludamentum.
Reverse type
Bull right approaching lighted altar, before which a draped female figure standing right, holding in her right hand patera; in her left hand staff resting on shoulder; behind altar, tall column, on which eagle is seated.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ϹЄΠΤΙ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡΤ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟV ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4010
Type corpus identifier
CN type 4010

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