Serdika, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 677)
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 677. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Bearded river-god (Oiskos) reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30 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
- Bearded river-god (Oiskos) reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ(Ε) ΚΑΙΚΙ(ΝΑ) ΛΑΡΓΟV ΟVΛΠ(Ι) ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/677
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 677
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. 25, nr. 38
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 37, nr. 12.14.32.4-5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 226, nr. 1962
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution