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cn coin 7977

Connected to Type

CN Type 217 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΜΑΡ ΙΟVΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ-Ϲ // ΚΑΙϹ*ΑΡ*
Design
Confronting busts of Philippus iunior, wearing paludamentum and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΕΣ-ΑΜΒ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Athena standing left, holding owl in right hand and spear and shield in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
25 mm
Weight
10.88 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: BM London 81

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4281 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 436, nr. 359-363, pl. 150, pic. 359-363 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 436, nr. 359-363, pl. 150, pic. 359-363 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4281 ❐

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cn coin 7977, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7977 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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