Serdika, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 20880)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20880. Obverse: Radiate bust of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Ares standing left, wearing helmet, holding shield set down at his feet and spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 7 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Ares standing left, wearing helmet, holding shield set down at his feet and spear.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20880
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20880
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
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 60, nr. 371
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 89, nr. 12.18.11.12
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 233-234, nr. 2046-2049
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution