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cn type 10838

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Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

197-217 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡΟ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Nude Orpheus seated left on rock, holding plectrum (or patera?) and lyre.
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Persons

Sitter: Caracalla 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29.5 mm / Min: 27.5 mm
Average Weight
13.78 g (3x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 326, nr. XV.45.2  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 174, nr. 1504 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 10838, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/10838 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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