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cn type 18516

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Germe 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

244–249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ Γ Ι ΠЄΡΠЄΡΟV ΡΟVΦ ΑΡΧ Β ΓЄΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Design
The three Charites (or Nymphs?) holding each others shoulders, wearing long garments, holding vases.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Magistrate: Gaius I(ulius) Perperos Rufinianus 🔍

Metrology
Material
Diameter
33 mm (1x)
Average Weight
18.60 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online nr. 66062 

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 165f., nr. 313-317 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66062

Cite this record:

cn type 18516, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/18516 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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