Dardanos, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 4011)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 4011. 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
- Recorded diameter
- 35.8–36.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
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 ϹЄΠΤ ϹЄΟVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑVΡΗ ΜΑΡΚΟV ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4011
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 4011
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
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 161, nr. 33, pl. 57, pic. 33
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution