cn coin 9201
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cn coin 9201

Connected to Type

CN Type 1555 🔍

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΙ-ΖVΗ//ΝΩΝ
Design
Trophy on shaft comprising of cuirass, paludamentum, helmet and two shields; to left, Nike, wearing long garment; to right, radiate emperor (Philip the Arab) wearing cuirass, holding spear in left hand; at base, two captives with Phrygian caps and bound arms behind back, seated back to back. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
40 mm
Weight
34.90 g
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: Philippopel oder Sofia oder Neuderk Bizye 132

Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 72, nr. 132.1  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 132, nr. 1537 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 238, nr. 1-2 ❐

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 72, nr. 132 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 238, nr. 1-2, pl. 30 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 132, nr. 1537 ❐

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cn coin 9201, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_9201 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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