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cn coin 7578

Connected to Type

CN Type 8516 🔍

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV Κ · Λ ΑVΡ - ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ-ΠΟΛЄΙΤΩ//Ν
Design
Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, left leg crossed over right, leaning with right hand and left elbow on inverted lit torch. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

unknown: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18.8 mm / Min: 18 mm
Weight
4.22 g
Axis
6
Owner

Staatliche Münzsammlung München, München, de ❐

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 25 München

Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Literature

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

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 170, nr. XI.52.3 ❐

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. 7572 ❐

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cn coin 7578, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7578 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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