Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 617)
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 617. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; behind her, shield.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–29 mm (from 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
- Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; behind her, shield.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/617
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 617
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 39, nr. 207
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 245, nr. 2226
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution