cn coin 7995

Connected to Type

CN Type 221 🔍

Mint

Mesembria 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Confronting busts of Philippus iunior, wearing paludamentum and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos.
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Reverse

Legend

ΜΕϹ-ΑΜΒ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Design

Demeter (Hygieia?) standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on long torch? entwined by serpent. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 25 mm / Min: 24 mm

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Lbk. Mesgreb. Phil. a weap.

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4284 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 438-440, nr. 396-410, pl. 151/152, pic. 396-410 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 438-440, nr. 396-410, pic. 396-410 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4284 ❐

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cn coin 7995, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7995 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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