Serdika, Marc Aurel, Double unit (CN type 819)
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 819. Obverse: Cuirassed bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: City goddess enthroned left, holding sceptre and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.6 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
- City goddess enthroned left, holding sceptre and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/819
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 819
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
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 21, nr. 12.7.45.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 218, nr. 1870
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