cn type 1558
cn type 1558-0
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cn type 1558

Mint
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; with aegis on left shoulder and eagle on breastplate.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Hades-Serapis, Demeter and Isis; in the centre, Hades-Serapis enthroned, extending right, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus; to left, Demeter standing right, holding torch in right hand; at her feet, Kynokephalos; to right, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and cornucopia; at her feet, Harpocrates, holding cornucopia in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 40 mm / Min: 38 mm
Average Weight
44.99 g (1x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 72, nr. 136  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 240, nr. 12-14, pl. 31-32  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 133, nr. 1546 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48687 ❐

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cn type 1558, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1558 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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