Silver Denarius of Septimius Severus, Laodicea ad Mare, AD 198 1956.127.1257

Physical Description

• Axis: 1

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.47
  • Diameter (in mm): 17.5

Typological Description

• Date: AD 198
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Denarius
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Septimius Severus
  • • Dynasty: Severan Dynasty
    • State: Roman Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Laodicea ad Mare
  • Region: Syria

• Obverse

  • Portrait: Septimius Severus
  • • Dynasty: Severan Dynasty
    • State: Roman Empire

• Reverse

  • Deity: Salus

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: "Tell Kalak", Jordan, 1956

References

• Reference: RIC IV Septimius Severus 497A
• Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
• Reference: BMC 629

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1956.127.1257
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

• Series: RIC.4

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States