Serdika, Lucius Verus, 4 unit (CN type 497)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Lucius Verus dated 161-169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 497. Obverse: Laureate head of Lucius Verus, right. Reverse: Heracles with Telephos; Heracles standing right, holding club in right hand; on his left arm Telephos; at his feet, stag.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24.2–25.7 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.97 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Lucius Verus, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles with Telephos; Heracles standing right, holding club in right hand; on his left arm Telephos; at his feet, stag.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/497
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 497
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. 11, nr. 16
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 56, nr. 28
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7402
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 24, nr. 12.8.14.1-2
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 7402
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution