cn type 1591
cn type 1591-0
cn type 1591-1
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cn type 1591

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
Nude Triptolemos standing in biga drawn by two winged serpents, right; beneath, Gaia seated left, holding ears of corn in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Average Weight
20.09 g (1x)
Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 134, nr. 1565 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 nr. 36-37 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/70377 ❐

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cn type 1591, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1591 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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