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cn coin 31959

Connected to Type

CN Type 8515 🔍

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, resting on torch.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18 mm / Min: 16.9 mm
Weight
4.52 g
Owner

Numismatic Society Plovdiv, Plovdiv, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ND 72 Num. Ges. Plovdiv

Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 170, nr. XI.52.2.4  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 170, nr. XI.52.2 ❐

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cn coin 31959, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_31959 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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