Serdika, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 606)
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 606. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Eagle standing facing on globe, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.38 g (mean of 1 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
- Eagle standing facing on globe, head left, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ϹΤΑΤ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟV ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/606
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 606
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. 14, nr. 31
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 31, nr. 12.14.1.4-5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 228, nr. 1978
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution