cn type 1615
cn type 1615-0
cn type 1615-1
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Mint
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cn type 1615

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare head of Philippus iunior, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
18.3 mm (1x)
Average Weight
3.43 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Public Commentary

The coin listed by Jurukova 156 (Kazanlak Museum = Jurukova, Bizye pl. 26, 156, rev. = Tachev, Bizija p. 290, pl. 56, no. 24) is a coin issued for Antoninus Pius (RPC IV, temp. 3901, illustrated by Jurukova, Bizye pl. 3, 16: Berlin 1876/318).

Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 76, nr. 155-156  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 290, nr. 24, pl. 56  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 139, nr. 1611 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48724 ❐

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cn type 1615, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1615 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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