cn type 1616
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cn type 1616

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Design
Bare head of Philippus iunior, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Nude Silenus standing right, holding wine-skin pouring wine into cantharus in front of him.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 21.4 mm / Min: 18 mm
Average Weight
3.38 g (5x)
Axes
6 (3x) 7 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 76, nr. 157 

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 294-300, nr. 58-93, pl. 58-61 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 139, nr. 1606-1608

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48725

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cn type 1616, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1616 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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