cn type 8054
cn type 8054-0
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cn type 8054

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

163-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Design
Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥ Λ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΠΟΔ ΥΠΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ(ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
Design
Flamming torch (or candelabrum?)
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Type variations

1. Iconographic variation revers: Torch/candelabrum set on base.

Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Quintus Tullius Maximus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
31 mm (1x)
Average Weight
16.91 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Public Commentary

Anders Varbarnov: Fountain.

Citation

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. 7455  ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 97, nr. VII.4  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 104, nr. 802 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7455 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8054, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8054 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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