Serdika, bronze (CN type 12570)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
2.-3. Jh. n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace dated 2.-3. Jh. n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12570. Obverse: Head of bearded Heracles, right. Reverse: Legend within laurel wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.88 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Heracles, right.
- Reverse type
- Legend within laurel wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ϹЄΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12570
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12570
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution