Serdika, Septimius Severus, Double unit (CN type 683)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 683. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and bunch of grapes (?); at his feet, panther.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.51 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and bunch of grapes (?); at his feet, panther.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ Ϲ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹЄΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/683
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 683
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution