cn type 7553

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

136-138 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ

Design

Bare-headed bust of Lucius Aelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

River-god and city goddess; to left, river-god reclining right, holding reed and resting on water-urn; behind him, reed; to right, city goddess standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and ears of corn.
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Persons

Sitter: Lucius Aelius Caesar 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

5 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Average Weight

25.77 g (1x)

Citation

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London : Paris 2015 nr. 753 ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 37, nr. V.3 ❐