cn coin 8003
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cn coin 8003

Connected to Type

CN Type 227 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΜΕϹΑ*ΜΒ*-ΡΙΑΝ*ΩΝ*
Design
Confronting busts of Philippus iunior, wearing paludamentum and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΕϹΑΜ-ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Athena advancing right, wearing long fluttering chiton, brandishing spear with right hand and shield in left hand. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
25 mm
Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Sofia Mesembria Phil. ...

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4278 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 434-436, nr. 354-358, pl. 149/150, pic. 354-358 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4278 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 434-436, nr. 354-358, pl. 149/150, pic. 354-358 ❐

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cn coin 8003, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8003 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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