Serdika, Lucius Verus, Double unit (CN type 659)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Lucius Verus dated 161-169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 659. Obverse: Confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and of Lucius Verus. Reverse: Draped bust of Isis, right, wearing lotus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and of Lucius Verus.
- Reverse type
- Draped bust of Isis, right, wearing lotus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ Λ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/659
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 659
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. 10, nr. 7
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 53, nr. 11
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution