Serdika, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 676)
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 676. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Heracles with Telephos; Heracles standing right, holding club in right hand; on his left arm Telephos; at his feet, stag.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.54 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
- Heracles with Telephos; Heracles standing right, holding club in right hand; on his left arm Telephos; at his feet, stag.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙΚΙ ΛΑΡΓΟV ΟVΛΠ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/676
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 676
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. 15, nr. 37
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 34, nr. 12.14.14.1
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution