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cn type 1555

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Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Trophy; to left, Nike; to right, emperor (Philip the Arab) holding spear in left hand; at base, two captives.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
40 mm (1x)
Average Weight
36.73 g (2x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 72, nr. 132  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 238, nr. 1-2, pl. 30  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 132, nr. 1537 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48683 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 1555, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1555 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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