Serdika, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 607)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 607. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28 mm (from 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.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ΚΑΙΚΙ ΛΑΡΓΟΥ ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/607
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 607
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 35, nr. 12.14.14.2
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution