Serdika, Gallienus, 3 unit (CN type 588)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
253-268 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Gallienus dated 253-268 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 588. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Asclepius standing right, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.94 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gallienus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Asclepius standing right, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/588
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 588
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. 77, nr. 494-495
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 132, nr. 505
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 158, nr. 12.46.20.2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 276, nr. 2614
Research required
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