Serdika, Marc Aurel, 4 unit (CN type 490)
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 490. Obverse: Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bearded river-god (Oiskos) reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.93 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
- Bearded river-god (Oiskos) reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/490
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 490
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. 3-5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7384
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 233, nr. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 52, nr. 8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 21, nr. 12.7.32.1-2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 218, nr. 1878
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 7384
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution