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cn type 221

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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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
Demeter (Hygieia?) standing left, holding patera and torch? entwined by serpent.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
11.55 g (5x)
Axes
7 (3x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 438-440, nr. 396-410, pic. 396-410  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4284 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48383 ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.282  🔍

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cn type 221, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/221 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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