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cn coin 3156

Connected to Type

CN Type 10948 🔍

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 218-222 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Design
Laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩ//ΚΟΡΟV
Design
Emperor (Elagabal) and Apollo (Kendrisus): to left, laureate and togate emperor (Elagabal), standing right, holding transverse spear in left hand; to right, Apollo (Kendrisus) standing left, holding bow in left hand; both holding temple with eight columns, seen in three-quarter view; beneath temple, agonistic table, surmounted by price-urn with five apples; below, purse.
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Persons

Sitter: Elagabal 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
37 mm
Weight
33.78 g
Axis
12
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18207397

Provenience: Vermächtnis Heinrich Dressel. Aus der Auktion Hirsch 33, 1913, Nr. 572.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Berlin 122

Citation

Burrell, Neokoroi: Greek cities and Roman emperors, Leiden ; Boston 2004 p. 243, nr. 1  ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 353, nr. XVII.5.1  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 195, nr. 1700 ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 353, nr. XVII.5 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 195, nr. 1700 ❐

Burrell, Neokoroi: Greek cities and Roman emperors, Leiden ; Boston 2004 p. 243, nr. 1 ❐

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cn coin 3156, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_3156 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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