cn type 669

Mint

Serdika 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

161-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ

Design

Laureate head of Lucius Verus, right.
go to the NLP result of this description

Reverse

Legend

ϹЄΡΔΩΝ

Design

Serpent coiling right, bent four times.
go to the NLP result of this description

Persons

Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Average Weight

4.00 g (2x)

Citation

Ruzicka, Die Münzen von Serdica 8, Vienna 1915 p. 12, nr. 24 ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 7398 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 222, nr. 1910 ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 7398 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7398 ❐

editions

cn.serdica.1_ed.39 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 669, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/669 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]