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Serdika, Geta, 4 unit — Trophy (CN type 759)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 197–211

Issuing entity

Thrace

4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Geta, dated AD 197–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 759 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Trophy; to left, Geta, holding sceptre in right hand; to right, Caracalla, holding sceptre in left hand; their feet on the backs of captives. Legend: ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 15.48 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Ruzicka, Die Münzen von Serdica 8, Vienna 1915, p. 65-66, nr. 411; Hristova, Monetosečeneto na Trakija I-III v.: Serdika = The coins of Thrace I-III c. A.C.: Serdica, Blagoevgrad 2007, p. 121, nr. 12.18.34.27-29.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Serdica was a Roman city located on the site of modern Sofia, Bulgaria. During the Severan dynasty, Emperor Septimius Severus proclaimed his son Caracalla co-ruler in AD 198 and later appointed his younger son Geta as co-emperor in 209. Following Severus's death in February 211, the two brothers were intended to govern jointly, an alliance visually celebrated on the civic coinage of Serdika showing Geta and Caracalla before Geta was murdered by Caracalla in December 211.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
4 unit
Recorded mean weight
15.48 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Serdika
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Geta

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Trophy; to left, Geta, holding sceptre in right hand; to right, Caracalla, holding sceptre in left hand; their feet on the backs of captives.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/759
Type corpus identifier
CN type 759

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