Serdika, Lucius Verus, 5 unit (CN type 496)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-163 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Lucius Verus dated 161-163 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 496. Obverse: Bust of bearded Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 33 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 22.77 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of bearded Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΚΛ ΑΠΠΙΟV ΜΑΡΤΙΑΛΟV ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/496
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 496
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. 7394
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 55, nr. 19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 10, nr. 11
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 23, nr. 12.8.3.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 222, nr. 1897
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 7394
Research required
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