Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit — Demeter standing left (CN type 632)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 197–217
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 197–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 632 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch which is entwined by serpent; at her feet, cista mystica out of which serpent creeps. Legend: ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ. Measured specimens give a diameter of 27–30 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Ruzicka, Die Münzen von Serdica 8, Vienna 1915, p. 30, nr. 145-146, annot. Aber: Porträt des Kaisers auf dem Avers nicht nach rechts, sondern nach links und mit Schild und Speer.; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007, p. 247, nr. 2249-2251, annot. Aber: Porträt des Kaisers auf dem Avers nicht nach rechts, sondern nach links und mit Schild und Speer.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–30 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch which is entwined by serpent; at her feet, cista mystica out of which serpent creeps.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/632
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 632
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 30, nr. 145-146, annot. Aber: Porträt des Kaisers auf dem Avers nicht nach rechts, sondern nach links und mit Schild und Speer.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 247, nr. 2249-2251, annot. Aber: Porträt des Kaisers auf dem Avers nicht nach rechts, sondern nach links und mit Schild und Speer.
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
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