Serdika, Lucius Verus, 4 unit (CN type 604)
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 604. Obverse: Laureate head of Lucius Verus, right. Reverse: Turreted city-goddess enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding sceptre and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.75 g (mean of 2 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
- Turreted city-goddess enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding sceptre and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/604
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 604
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. 12, nr. 19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7396
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 27, nr. 12.8.45.1-3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 222, nr. 1902-1903
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 7396
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution