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cn type 7953

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

145-153 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Design
Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕΜ Μ ΠΟΝΤ ϹΑΒΕΙΝΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ ΡΟΔΟΠΗ
Design
Female figure (Rhodope) seated right on rock, holding flowers in left hand.
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Type variations

1. Iconography in the background of the revers: tree.

Persons

Sitter: Antoninus Pius 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: M. Pontius Sabinus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Average Weight
18.69 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 43, nr. VI.9  ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 7429  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 97, nr. 709 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7429 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 7953, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7953 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/21]

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