Deultum, Severus Alexander, 4 unit (CN type 973)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Deultum in Thrace under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 973. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.83 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Deultum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
- Obverse legend
- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG
- Reverse legend
- COL FL PAC DEVTL
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/973
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 973
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. 256, nr. 477-482
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 80, nr. 132
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 206, nr. 2325-2306
Research required
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