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cn coin 3901

Connected to Type

CN Type 1618 🔍

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Biz_155_V_B 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ*ΑΡ*
Design
Bare head of Philippus iunior, right.
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Reverse
Die
Biz_158_R158 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΙΖV-ΗΝΩΝ
Design
Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing left, legs crossed, leaning on upturned lit torch set on pile of rocks.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
17 mm
Weight
4.00 g
Axis
8
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18243836

Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 76, nr. 158.5  ❐

Literature

Johnston, The Denominational Systems of the Greek Imperials of Bizye in Thrace 143, 1983 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 290-294, nr. 25-57 ❐

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 76, nr. 158 ❐

Sallet, Beschreibung der antiken Münzen I: Taurische Chersonesus, Sarmatien, Dacien, Pannonien, Moesien, Thracien, thracische Könige, Berlin 1888 p. 141, nr. 12 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 290-294, nr. 25-57, pl. 56-58 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 138-139, nr. 1603-1604 ❐

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