Serdika, Marc Aurel, 4 unit (CN type 488)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 161-180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 488. Obverse: Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.25 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/488
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 488
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. 9, nr. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3, pl. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7382
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 20, nr. 12.7.30.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 218, nr. 1876
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 7382
Research required
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