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cn type 3454

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Abydos 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

193-211 AD

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Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ϹЄΠΤΙΜΙΟϹ ϹЄΟVΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡΤΙΝ
Design
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΡΧ ΦΑ ΠΡΟΚΛΟV ΑΒVΔΗΝΩΝ
Design
Warrior standing right at prow of galley, looking back, holding spear in left hand, right hand outstretched; soldier behind him, bust of Athena on acrostolium and another one behind; on a second galley, warrior with helmet and shild seated right; to left, herald blowing trumpet on high tower.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Archon: Proklos (I) 🔍

Metrology
Material
Diameter
39 mm (2x)
Average Weight
19.92 g (2x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Venuti, Antiqua numismata maximi moduli aurea, argentea, aerea: ex Museo Alexander S.R.E. Card. Albani in Vaticanam Bibliothecam a Clemente XII. Pont. Opt. Max, Romae 1739 p. 101, pl. L, pic. 1 

Mionnet, S.T.2.Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales, 1822 p. 637, nr. 53 

Imhoof-Blumer, Beiträge zur Erklärung griechischer Münztypen 5, 1910 p. 30-31, nr. 22, pl. II, pic. 19 

Kraft, Das System der kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung in Kleinasien: Materialien und Entwürfe, Berlin 1972 p. 160, pl. 56, pic. 21 

Literature

Dahmen, The legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman coins, New York 2007 p. 83, annot. 189

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cn type 3454, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3454 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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