cn coin 27404
cn coin 27404-0
cn coin 27404-1
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cn coin 27404

Connected to Type

CN Type 5461 🔍

Mint
Plotinopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

138-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath and three long curls falling on his neck.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Cista mystica with half-open lid on the right, out of which serpent creeps right.
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Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 17.7 mm / Min: 17.2 mm
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Plotinopolis 1

Public Commentary

RPC IV, 5009/1.

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/173567 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 27404, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_27404 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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