cn type 1563

Mint

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

Heros (Apollo) and two warriors; to left, two warriors standing right, holding shield and spear; to right, heros (Apollo) standing left, holding spear in left arm; next to him, horse.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Medallion 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

40 mm (1x)

Average Weight

29.50 g (1x)

Citation

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 238, nr. 3, pl. 30 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 129, nr. 1508 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48690 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 1563, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1563 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

License:

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