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cn coin 13215

Connected to Type
CN Type 7565 🔍
Mint
Philippopolis 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
160-161 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΟΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ΓΑΡΓΙΛΙ ΑΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, holding branch?, resting on water-urn.
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Persons
Sitter
Antoninus Pius 🔍
Legatus Augusti pro praetore
Lucius Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Weight
21.05 g
Owner
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr  
Provenience: Fonds général 1279
Public Commentary
Die Ikonographie des Flussgottattributs in der Rechten ist umstritten. Meines Erachtens sieht es aber eher als ein Zweig, denn als ein Schilfrohr aus, womit ich auch der gängigen Literatur (Varbanov; RPC) folge.
Literature
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. 7416  
Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 60-62, nr. VI.28.3  
Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 93, 94, nr. 676-677, 692  
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. 7416  
Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 60-62, nr. VI.28.3  
Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 93, 94, nr. 676-677, 692  
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cn coin 13215, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_13215 [Last downloaded: 2025/07/15]
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