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cn coin 9411

Connected to Type

CN Type 1720 🔍

Mint
Augusta Traiana 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

161-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ-ΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
Design
Bare head of Lucius Verus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΑVΓΟVϹΤ-ΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Design
Nude youthful Dionysus standing left, crossing right over left leg, holding grapes in right hand over panther, seated left, head right, long thyrsus in left arm, resting on column.
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Persons

Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
19 mm
Weight
4.27 g
Owner

Regionalen Arheologičeski Muzej - Plovdiv, Plovdiv, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: PLOVDIV 709 194

Public Commentary

Das Attribut des Dionysos in der rechten Hand wird in der zitierten Literatur als Zweig interpretiert. Das Exemplar aus der Sammlung von Herrn Hourmouziadis legt indes die Vermutung nahe, dass es sich um einen sehr kleinen Kantharos handelt.

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991 p. 67, nr. 94, pl. 6, pic. 94  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 82, nr. 905 ❐

Heuchert, RPC Online nr. 10346 ❐

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991 p. 67, nr. 94 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 82, nr. 905 ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 10346 ❐

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cn coin 9411, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_9411 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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