cn coin 8003

Connected to Type

CN Type 227 🔍

Mint

Mesembria 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

244-247 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΜΕϹΑ*ΜΒ*-ΡΙΑΝ*ΩΝ*

Design

Confronting busts of Philippus iunior, wearing paludamentum and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos.
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Reverse

Legend

ΜΕϹΑΜ-ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Design

Athena advancing right, wearing long fluttering chiton, brandishing spear with right hand and shield in left hand. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter

Philippus iunior 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

25 mm

Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg  ❐
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: Sofia Mesembria Phil. ...

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4278  ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 434-436, nr. 354-358, pl. 149/150, pic. 354-358  ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4278  ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 434-436, nr. 354-358, pl. 149/150, pic. 354-358  ❐

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cn coin 8003, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8003 [Last downloaded: 2026/01/17]

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