cn type 8139

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Design

Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

Eagle standing right, head left, wings closed, entwined by serpent.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 23 mm / Min: 22.2 mm

Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 166, nr. XI.47.15 ❐

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. 7543 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 125, nr. 1026 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7543 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8139, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8139 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/15]

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