Serdika, Marc Aurel, Double unit (CN type 818)
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 818. Obverse: Cuirassed bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Draped bust of Isis, right, wearing lotus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.95 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Serdika
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Cuirassed bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Draped bust of Isis, right, wearing lotus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/818
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 818
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. 20, nr. 12.7.30.2-3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 218, nr. 1869
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution