Serdika, Caracalla, Double unit (CN type 751)
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 751. Obverse: Laureate head of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Altar; a lion-head on each side.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 16 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.54 g (mean of 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
- Altar; a lion-head on each side.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝ(ΟϹ)
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/751
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 751
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. 64, nr. 402
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution