Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 709)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 709. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Athena holding spear and shield set down at her feet.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.31 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Athena holding spear and shield set down at her feet.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ΚΑΙΚΙ ΛΑΡΓΟV ΟVΛ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/709
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 709
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. 24, nr. 94
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 237, nr. 2120
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution