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cn type 8138

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Eagle standing right on altar, wings closed, between tree-stump and tree.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 19.4 mm / Min: 16.8 mm
Average Weight
4.00 g (3x)
Axes
12 (2x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 165-166, nr. XI.47.14  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 126, nr. 1030 ❐

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cn type 8138, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8138 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/11]

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