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cn type 251

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-248 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 27.8 mm / Min: 26 mm
Average Weight
12.31 g (2x)
Axes
6 (1x) 7 (1x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 422, nr. 233-234, pl. 143, pic. 233-234 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 355/356, nr. 4244-4246

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.256  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 251, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/251 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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