Serdika, Caracalla, Double unit (CN type 22684)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
195-197 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 195-197 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22684. Obverse: Draped bust of the adolescent Caracalla with robe to the right. Reverse: Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18.2–19.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.96 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of the adolescent Caracalla with robe to the right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟ
- Reverse legend
- ϹЄΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22684
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22684
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. 86, nr. 12.18.10.17-18 var.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution