cn type 15296

Mint

Mesembria 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

244–249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ

Design

Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped.
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Reverse

Legend

ΜΕϹΑΜΒ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Design

Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, lion.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 26.6 mm / Min: 25.9 mm

Average Weight

10.99 g (2x)

Axes

1 (1x) 2 (1x)

Citation

RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online nr. 48405 ❐

Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993 nr. 278, pl. 19 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48405 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 15296, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/15296 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]