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cn type 261

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-248 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ ΩΤ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27.8 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
12.11 g (6x)
Axes
1 (4x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 428, nr. 294-297, pl. 146, pic. 294-297  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 355, nr. 4241 ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.269  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 261, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/261 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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