Serdika, Gallienus, 3 unit (CN type 652)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
253-268 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Gallienus dated 253-268 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 652. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing scale cuirass. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch; at her feet, cista mystica.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gallienus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing scale cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch; at her feet, cista mystica.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/652
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 652
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. 276, nr. 2617
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 155, nr. 12.46.5.1-2
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution