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cn coin 8121

Connected to Type

CN Type 247 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ *ΑVΓ* Μ ΩΤΑ//ΚΙΛ ϹЄΒ/ΗΡΑ
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡ-ΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Dionysus standing facing, head left, wearing short chiton and boots, pouring kantharos with the right hand and holding thyrsus with the left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 25 mm
Owner

Regionalen Arheologičeski Muzej - Plovdiv, Plovdiv, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Philippopoel Mesembria

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 355, nr. 4237 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 420-422, nr. 213-219, pl. 142/143, pic. 213-219 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 420-422, nr. 213-220, pl. 142/143, pic. 213-220 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 355, nr. 4237 ❐

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cn coin 8121, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8121 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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