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cn type 1579

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Radiate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Adlocutio scene; two laureate emperors (Philip the Arab and Philippus iunior) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arms, being acclaimed by legionaries in front of them.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
34 mm (1x)
Average Weight
25.48 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 246, nr. 25, pl. 34  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 134, nr. 1560 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48697 ❐

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cn type 1579, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1579 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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