Serdika, Caracalla, Double unit (CN type 657)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 657. Obverse: Laureate head of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
- Reverse legend
- ϹЄΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/657
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 657
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. 63, nr. 388-389
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 236, nr. 2091-2094
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution