cn type 8252

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

161-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ

Design

Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 20 mm / Min: 18.5 mm

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 129, nr. X.10 ❐

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. 7507 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 113, nr. 912 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7507 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8252, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8252 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/11]

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