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cn type 218

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΜΑΡ ΙΟVΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Confronted busts of Philippus iunior, bare-headed, and of Serapis, wearing kalathos.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, raising right arm, holding sceptre in left hand.
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Type variations

1. Iconographic variation revers: sceptre accross the body.

2. Iconographic variation revers: sceptre beside the body.

Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
12.11 g (8x)
Axes
1 (1x) 7 (5x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 446, nr. 461-468, pl. 155, pic. 461-468  (Subtype 1: 461-465; Subtype 2: 466-468)  ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.291  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 218, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/218 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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