Serdika, Geta, 4 unit (CN type 585)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 585. Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Geta, right. Reverse: Serpent with nimbate head coiling right, bent four times.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.82 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of bearded Geta, right.
- Reverse type
- Serpent with nimbate head coiling right, bent four times.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹЄΠΤΙ ΓЄΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/585
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 585
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. 73, nr. 472
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 274, nr. 2595
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution