Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 598)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 598. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–30.7 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.66 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/598
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 598
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. 40-41, nr. 216-222
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 83, nr. 12.18.10.2-4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 257, nr. 2363-2376
Research required
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