Serdika, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 717)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 717. Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, left. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.06 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, left.
- Reverse type
- Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/717
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 717
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. 25, nr. 103
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 266, nr. 2497
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution