Serdika, Septimius Severus, Double unit (CN type 602)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 602. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Bunch of grapes.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 19.3–20.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.76 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Bunch of grapes.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Λ ϹЄΠ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/602
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 602
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. 33, nr. 12.14.8.2
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution