cn coin 8145
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cn coin 8145

Connected to Type

CN Type 256 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ ΩΤ // ϹЄΒ*ΗΡ*Α Ϲ/ЄΒ
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse Μ-ΕϹΑ*ΜΒ*-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Nemesis-Aequitas standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left arm. Ground line. Border of dots.
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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

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 V. Philippus u. Otacilia

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 356, nr. 4260 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 426, nr. 261-264, pl. 145, pic. 261-264 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 424-426, nr. 254-266, pl. 144/145, pic. 254-266 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 356, nr. 4260 ❐

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cn coin 8145, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8145 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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