Serdika, Geta, 4 unit (CN type 781)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 781. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Geta) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arm; in front of him, soldier, holding reigns.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16 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
- Emperor (Geta) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arm; in front of him, soldier, holding reigns.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/781
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 781
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. 73, nr. 468-469
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 148, nr. 12.22.34.3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 271, nr. 2562-2563
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 804, pl. 16
Research required
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