Serdika, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 499)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
196-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 196-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 499. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Tetrastyle temple on crepidoma; within Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff; on the pediment, shield.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.04 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Tetrastyle temple on crepidoma; within Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff; on the pediment, shield.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΜ ϹΤΑ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟV ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/499
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 499
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. 36, nr. 15
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 40, nr. 12.14.46.1-2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 222, nr. 1947
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution