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cn coin 30313

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CN Type 7707 🔍

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos resting on inverted torch set on altar, right.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
Diameter
19.2 mm
Weight
3.12 g
Axis
6
Owner

BBAW, Berlin, de

Owner Inventory No.: 2019.9.17

Provenience: SHH 6128; Hirsch 319 (02.05.2016) 904

Public Commentary

Bei einigen Vorderseitenstempeln ist dem Stempelschneider ein orthographischer Fehler unterlaufen. Die Averslegende lautet dann nicht ΑVΤ ΚΑΙC Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, sondern ΑVΤ ΚΙC ΛA ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 127, nr. 1053

Heuchert, RPC Online nr. 7571

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 169

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 127, nr. 1053

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 169, nr. XI.52.1.1

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. 7571

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cn coin 30313, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_30313 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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