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cn type 8252

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Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

161-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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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
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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