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cn coin 6123

Connected to Type

CN Type 8242 🔍

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV ΚΑΙ · ΜΑΡ - ΑV · ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠ-Ο-ΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, holding two ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch.
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Persons

unknown: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
10.56 g
Axis
12
Owner

Coll. H.I., , de

Provenience: Nomos AG, Obolos 2, Nr. 309

Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Literature

Heuchert, RPC Online nr. 7571-72 var ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 156-158 ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 156-158, nr. XI.45.1 ❐

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. 7560, 7561 ❐

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cn coin 6123, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6123 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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