Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 613)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 613. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Bearded river-god (Oiskos) reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.72 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Bearded river-god (Oiskos) reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ΚΑΙΚΙ ΛΑΡΓΟV ΟVΛ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/613
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 613
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. 24, nr. 98, pl. 6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 112, nr. 12.18.32.1-2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 237, nr. 2122
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution