cn type 1526
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cn type 1526

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Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
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Type variations

1. Iconographic variation revers: two lions.

Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Average Weight
12.90 g (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 65, 67, 68, nr. 85, 98, 109 

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 272, nr. 164-166, pl. 47 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 131, nr. 1522-1524

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48657

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cn type 1526, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1526 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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