Serdika, Marc Aurel, Double unit (CN type 817)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Serdika in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 161-180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 817. Obverse: Bare head of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.4 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/817
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 817
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 bibliographynr. 7380
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 18, nr. 12.7.6.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 218, nr. 1868
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 7380
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution