Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 22137)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22137. Obverse: Radiate head of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, raising club to strike Hydra.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.5 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate head of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, raising club to strike Hydra.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22137
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22137
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. 115, nr. 396, pl. 8
Research required
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