cn type 1542
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cn type 1542

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Radiate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
33 mm (2x)
Average Weight
22.46 g (3x)
Axes
6 (1x) 7 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 69, nr. 118  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 nr. 29-31  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 135, nr. 1576 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48671 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 1542, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1542 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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